American Tulip Tree is native to North America. It is a fast-growing tree and can reach around 160 feet in height. The flowers are pale green or yellow in colour with an orange band on the tepals and bloom in May and June Birds and bees are attracted to its flowers as they yield large […]
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American Sycamore
American Sycamore is a fast-growing tree. It can reach around 40 meters or 130 feet in height and is found in the eastern forests of USA. An ornamental feature of this tree is its brown bark which exfoliates in irregular pieces to reveal a creamy white inner bark. It can be found at the edges […]
Reintroducing American Chestnut trees in the wild!
Images of vendors selling chestnuts in Manhattan, USA are common, but they are European chestnuts. The American chestnut that once dominated the forests of Eastern United States from Maine to Georgia was virtually wiped out by a disease that was accidentally introduced from Asia. Luckily, in July 2015, a 115-foot tree, the tallest chestnut tree […]
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Amberley Castle Treehouse is a real fairytale hideaway!
Emerging from the foliage and tall flowers, it is built at branch height of the tree that supports it. This gives the impression that it were a hidden tower from a fairytale storybook. It can be found on the grounds of the enchanting Amberley Castle Country Hotel in Sussex, UK. It captures and enhances the […]
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Nature and Mathematics – An Amazing Amalgamation!
The pattern of seeds held within the center of the Sunflower is a mathematical marvel – it follows the Fibonacci sequence, or 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144. Each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers. In sunflowers, the spirals you see in the center […]
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Sri Lanka is the first nation to protect all mangrove forests!
Sri Lanka has lost around 76% of its mangrove forests over the past 100 years. It has become the first nation in the world to comprehensively protect all of its mangrove forests. Sri Lanka President Maithreepala Sirisena said, “It is the responsibility and the necessity of all …. to be united to protect the mangrove […]
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Alexander Palm
Alexander Palm is native to parts of Australia and Hawaii. It is a fast growing tree adding 1-3 feet per year and can reach 100 feet in height. It is planted for ornamental purposes in many parts of the world.
Alder Buckthorn
Alder Buckthorn is a deciduous tree that can grow to around 23 feet in height. Its flowers are green and white in colour, star shaped with five petals and found from May to June. The fruit is a small black berry that turns from green to red in late summer and to purple or black […]
Akira Miyawaki planted more than 40 million trees in 15 countries
The 88-year-old Japanese environmental scientist Akira Miyawaki has planted more than 40 million trees in 15 countries. He has developed the “Miyawaki method” to restore native forests from seeds of native trees on very degraded soils which were deforested. In 2006, he was awarded the 15th annual Blue Planet Prize. He is advocating using planned […]
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