As an unashamed fair-weather gardener, I can’t help but feel the pangs of “back to school” sadness every Sunday night as we slide towards autumn. I am simply not ready to pack my shorts and flip-flops ...

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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The British fall cannot match the autumn colours on trees along much of America’s east coast or away in Pakistan’s ...

This was a case of love at first sight. But instead of a crowded room it was Stephanie Richard's garden at Eastleach House near Lechlade in Gloucestershire. I rounded a corner on a misty morning in ...

Sorbus species, commonly known as rowans, represent a diverse and underutilised group within the Rosaceae family, noted for their rich content of bioactive compounds. Recent studies have highlighted ...

In 2007, researchers were excited to announce that they had discovered a new species of tree that was unique to the Isle of Arran. It was the Catacol whitebeam (Sorbus pseudomeinichii), named after ...

Conservation management plans for one of Bristol’s historic woodland sites are being shaped by new findings about the complex reproductive biology of some rare tree species. Simon Hiscock Conservation ...

What a gorgeous spectacle the European mountain ash is when it is covered with countless clusters of bright orange berries. Native to temperate parts of Europe, its common name can be confusing. In ...