There are over 330 species of bramble in the UK. This helps explain why not all blackberries taste the same. The scientific name for the plant we recognise as a blackberry bush is Rubus fruticosus ...

To understand how to prune raspberry and blackberry bushes, it’s important to know how these bramble plants grow. Each stem, or cane, lives for just two years. In most varieties, the canes only ...

Or possibly nettles. Forensic botany, or the study of plants and pollen in an effort to build the story of a crime scene, is a relatively recent discipline. One of the first cases in which it ...

People wishing to attract wildlife to their gardens are often advised to leave a corner untended to let nature do its own ...