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Sometimes shoots appear on previously plain-leaved plants with attractive variegations, and these can then be propagated by nurserymen to make a new plant. But the new variegated plant might try to revert to all-green foliage because the mutation isn't stable. If left, this all-g...

The distortion, known as fasciation, is a freak of nature, and often looks like several stems have been fused together. It's a rare phenomenon and does the plant no lasting harm. It can develop on a range of shrubs, flowers and perennials. The cause could be environmental, such a...

has been used as a bitter tonic to treat menstrual disorders and as a vermifuge (a treatment to destroy parasitic worms) to rid children of threadworm. Historically, it was said to repel demons, deter snakes and thieves and act as an antidote to magic

new diseases and the term colony collapse disorder was coined. By all accounts, there are strange things going on in the beekeeping world.The next day most of the bees had gone from the light, but there were still some buzzing about, presumably