Some people feel threatened by cacti, reluctant to approach and appreciate the strength, endurance and beauty of these succulent stemmed and spine leafed plants. While you can respectfully and protect ...

File photo: iStock Officials in Germany have banned cactus plants from municipal buildings ... to prevent further incidents involving the prickly plant. "What was an injury to the adult man's ...

A German town has banned the humble cactus from the town hall, schools and nurseries. The mayor of Plettenberg, near Dusseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia, banned the spiky plants from municipal ...

One of the best things about Disney parks is the beautiful flora you can find. Here are some purple prickly pear cactus plants I noticed in Cars Land. The iPhone image came out much better this time ...

THE use of coal having calorific values lower than what are stipulated or designed in producing power by independent coal-fired plants has greatly hampered power generation, adding to the cost, ...

A late-ripening cultivar with fruit that will store until Christmas. The large, heavily-russeted pears have fine-grained, sweet and aromatic flesh. Leaves turn bright red before falling in autumn ...

Evergreen climber about 3m tall, eventually forming a dense tangle of thorny, angular stems, and leathery, ovate, heart-shaped, glossy green leaves, often blotched grey. Small, fragrant, pale green ...

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