Garden crops such as apples, garlic, carrot and beetroot will grow better if they experience low temperatures in winter Having made it through January, I’m wishing for the swift arrival of spring.

As we stand, three-quarters of sowings have now been done and in remarkably good order. The last fortnight has been rather frustrating because the weather broke too soon, but we can’t complain given ...

Perennial plants flower only when they have reached a certain age and been subjected to the cold. These two circumstances prevent the plant from starting to flower during winter. Botanists have now ...

La floraison du blé nécessite en hiver plusieurs semaines de basses températures (entre 4 et 10°C). Ce processus dit de vernalisation est principalement contrôlé par le gène appelé VRN1. Dans le cadre ...

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This news release is available in German. Perennial plants flower only when they have reached a certain age and been subjected to the cold. These two circumstances prevent the plant from starting to ...

Pioneering experiments using heated field plots to test the responses of crops to temperature have revealed an unexpected plus side of climate change for farmers. Pioneering experiments using heated ...

What native plant suits a formal garden? MILLIE: Millie reckons a great plant is the Round-leafed Rice-flower (Pimelea nivea), which has small, dark-green shiny leaves and clusters of white flowers at ...

WITH climate change poised to create havoc, plants may not be the first victims that spring to mind. But many are completely dependent on subtle aspects of the weather to survive, so changes in ...

Des vivaces tels que le rudbeckia, le phlox et l'aconit, mais aussi la betterave, le chou, la carotte, le céleri, l'olivier, le poireau, l'oignon et l'ail, sont des plantes à vernalisation obligatoire ...