Apios americana , known as the potato bean ...

In an extract from her new book, The Atlas of Deadly Plants , author Jane Perrone takes us on a journey into the history and dangerous allure of popular plants such as lily of the valley

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While the garden slumbers, the joyful blooms of winter aconites sparkle, scattering gold beneath trees and shrubs with their arrival

Early June in the Dolomites. Out on a hike, I’m amazed by the abundance of the high Alpine meadows stretched out before me. A thousand mauve dashes of scented orchids, shoal upon shoal of clear blue h

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