Making the news
Discover the plants and fungi that have hit the headlines – those that have been saved from extinction, have been newly discovered, attract crowds in the Gardens, or simply capture the essence of Kew’s work.
Amorphophallus titanum
titan arum
Arabidopsis thaliana
thale cress
Dioscorea orangeana
Angona
Dioscorea strydomiana
Strydom's yam
Dracaena jayniana
red dragon tree
Fraxinus excelsior
European ash
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
bluebell
Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus
chalara ash dieback
Musa itinerans
Yunnan banana
Paris japonica
Japanese canopy plant
Tahina spectabilis
dimaka
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