Isn’t it strange that poisonous plants are nearly always strikingly beautiful?| Botany in Scotland
A rare coastal species and perhaps a future food plant| Botany in Scotland
A favourite of bees and butterflies| Botany in Scotland
2 posts published by botsocscot during August 2025| Botany in Scotland
Few plants excite poets - this is one.| Botany in Scotland
This plant served humankind for thousands of years, and may be on the verge of resurgence| Botany in Scotland
Bitten by the Devil| Botany in Scotland
A rapidly-spreading alien that most people enjoy| Botany in Scotland
A smelly species recorded on Arthur’s Seat| Botany in Scotland
Sea Beet is the wild ancestor of beetroot, chard and mangelwurzel. It contains an unusual pigment, betaine, which helps osmoregulation in the saline environment.| Botany in Scotland
Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) by Maria Chamberlain For plant biologists Arabidopsis thaliana is an iconic species – it’s the Drosophila of the plant world. This was the first plant to have its…| Botany in Scotland
“a unique species that represents one of the last intact survivors of a Jurassic ecosystem”| Botany in Scotland
Oh, I do like to be beside the sea-side. I’m a halophyte.| Botany in Scotland
sometimes known as the singers’ plant| Botany in Scotland
Julius Caesar said there were no beech trees in Britain but he was mistaken.| Botany in Scotland
This week’s plant likes limey soils. It is common in the southern half of England where I knew it well whilst growing up. It’s a rampant climber, and in my village it grew in almost every hedgerow.…| Botany in Scotland
Many thousands of plant species have entered our country via garden centres and seed merchants. They bring colour, sweet scents and food for insects to our gardens and parklands. An interesting que…| Botany in Scotland
Another name for this native plant is the Sea-side Thistle.| Botany in Scotland