Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Horticulture News

Greener Spaces Better Places UpdateNursery Industry News

What’s Growing on?

Hort Innovation Limited 5 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

AUSTRALIA’S TOWNS AND CITIES REALLY ARE SOME OF THE GREENEST IN THE WORLD!!

Australia’s towns and cities are being celebrated as some of the greenest globally, with major wins at the AIPH World Green City Awards!

Driven by our mission to make Australia’s urban areas the greenest in the world, Greener Spaces Better Places played a key role in promoting these awards,
encouraging Australian projects to showcase their innovative, sustainable designs on the world stage.… Continue reading

Read More
Digested remains of a giant millipede (Image: Akviana Damit) Digested remains of a giant millipede (Image: Akviana Damit)
Horticulture NewsNewsbuds

Botanist names carnivorous plant after threatened orangutan

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria 6 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

Supplied by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Dr Alastair Robinson, Manager of Biodiversity Services at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, together with a team of Malaysian botanists, has documented a critically endangered carnivorous plant in Malaysia, Nepenthes pongoides, which they named after the orangutan to raise awareness of the major threats to its survival.… Continue reading

Read More
Horticulture NewsNewsbuds

‘Putricia’ attracts the crowds

admin 5 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

The rotting corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum)  at the Sydney Botanic Gardens is a rare and captivating botanical event that has become a crowd favourite when it blooms.

t’s a bit of a tradition for Corpse Flowers to receive nicknames when they bloom: @thehuntingtonlibrary recently celebrated the flowering of Odora, Scentennial, Stankosaurus Rex and Stinkie, while @denverbotanic had Lil’ Stinker burst into bloom in 2022.… Continue reading

Read More