A clump-forming, deciduous perennial with pleated, elliptic green leaves to 30cm in length. Upright, leafy stems to 1.2m in height, bear large panicles of small, star-shaped, deep reddish-brown ...

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Ramps appear for just a few weeks in early spring, then die back until the next year. Be sure to plant your ramps away from False hellebore (Veratrum) and Lily of the Valley, two toxic, look-alike ...

Jaume Pellicer and colleagues from Kew's Jodrell Laboratory describe the immense variation in the amount of DNA in flowering plants and why, when it comes to genomes, size really does matter. The ...