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Alpine travels in Armenia (part one)
By: Kit Strange - 13 Jun 2011See some of the wonderful plants found by Kit Strange from Kew's Alpine team, as she travelled around Armenia to see spring bulbs in their native habitat.
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Magnificent magnolias in the Arboretum at Kew Gardens
By: Tony Hall - 27 Mar 2012The wonderfully showy magnolias are in full flower, many dating back to the early 20th century. Colours range from pure white through to deep pinks with some flowers reaching over 20 cm across.
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Visiting botanic gardens in the southern hemisphere
By: Anthony Hall - 22 May 2012With the weather being so unseasonably cold in the UK recently, I thought I'd share with you some botanical warmth down under with the highlights of botanic gardens in Sydney, Perth and Singapore.
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The 'Christmassy' killer raspberry
By: Wolfgang Stuppy - 11 Dec 2012The Millennium Seed Bank's seed morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, is back with his final blog of the year. To wish you all a very 'Merry Christmas', he is sharing some festive images of a flesh-eating killer raspberry! Do you dare read on ...
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Pitcairn plant flowers at Kew
By: Marcella Corcoran - 13 Apr 2011Although extinct in the wild, Abutilon pitcairnense from Pitcairn has just flowered at Kew Gardens for the first time.
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Digging through the Directors' Correspondence: Letters from the Archaeologist M. Aurel Stein
By: Virginia Mills - 02 Nov 2011Read about our trip to the British Library's International Dunhuang Project, the amazing scrolls discovered by archaeologist M. Aurel Stein, and some of Stein's letters that we recently unearthed from the Kew's Directors' Correspondence archive collection.
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Love nuts? Love seeds! But which one is the tastiest of all?
By: Wolfgang Stuppy - 24 Jul 2012After previously exploring colourful, enigmatic, poisonous and sadistic seeds, in his new blog, Wolfgang goes nuts about nuts.
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Ants, constipation, murder and the seeds of Ricinus communis
By: Wolfgang Stuppy - 04 Mar 2013Revolving around a humble seed, this month's blog covers nearly everything from seed morphology and digestive problems to the beautiful smell of racing car engines and James Bond-style murder. Discover the useful, funny and lethal sides of one of the most notorious seeds on Earth!
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Conserving Darwin's Letters
By: Eleanor Hasler - 17 May 2013Discover more about the conservation work carried out on one of the most important, popular and fascinating collection in the Archives.
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Crossing continents - The next phase of digitisation
By: Helen Hartley - 18 Jun 2010Read about the recent changes within the Directors' Correspondence digitisation team and the start of our new project - digitising the Directors' Correspondence collection from Asia.
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The beauty or the beast?
By: Marcelo Sellaro - 07 Nov 2011Join Marcelo Sellaro as he explores the fascinating world of the titan arum.
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Elderflower surprise
10 Jun 2013
Scientists at Kew Gardens have discovered compounds new to science in ordinary elderflower drinks.
Speciation systems on Lord Howe Island
06 Jun 2013
Lord Howe Island provides evidence in plants for the ‘syngameon hypothesis’ of adaptive evolution.
Olympic rings spectacular unveiled
18 Apr 2012
A floral spectacular is in bloom in front of the Orangery at Kew Gardens to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games.
David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 3D now available on DVD and Blu-ray
13 Mar 2012
Filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kingdom of Plants 3D provides a fascinating new look at plant life using stunning 3D time-lapse filming techniques. Own your personal copy today following the DVD and Blu-ray release.
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