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Pots of gold
Singaporeans are stocking up on auspicious plants for Chinese New Year, hoping wealth and luck will blossom.
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Saving the rainforest
Reforestation in Sabah's Danum Valley has turned thousands of hectares of logged forest into
lush greenery, providing shelter to a rich variety of wildlife - and perhaps the answer to climate change.
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Season's Greenings
You don't need a Christmas tree to make your home look festive. Smaller plants like poinsettias do the trick.
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Design item
THIS pot of Desmodium gyrans may not look like much, but it comes 'alive' when music is played.
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Having trouble with the traditional tree?
How to turn Christmas foliage into a fairytale display in seven easy steps.
X'mas Survival Guide
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Dressing up the Christmas tree
Which one is best and how to deck it up?
X'mas Survival Guide
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Indian Borage - a must-have in a herb garden
Often mistaken as a type of mint, it is commonly grown as a potted plant and for its medical properties, and used as a cough remedy.
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Good to grow
If you are keen to get down and dirty and grow your own vegetables and herbs, here are several to try.
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Home-grown harvest
More high-rise home owners are growing their own herbs and vegetables on their roof gardens and balconies.
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Cocoyam - more than just an edible corm
This member of the aroid family is an important source of starch but is becoming popular in a tropical ornamental garden because of its versatility and decorative leaves.
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Brassavola - Fragrant lady of the night
Forget perfumes and essential oils. The strong, sweet fragrance of the Brassavola, especially at night, with a hint of citrus, will guarantee its grower an instant relaxation therapy.
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The hole truth
No, mice are not the cause of the holes you see in the leaves of the Swiss Cheese plant
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New orchid smells like 'sweaty feet'
The bog-orchid is thought to have persisted in the upland meadows south of Yosemite Valley, which nourished unique plant species because the area never froze under glacial cover.
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U-turn: End of the road for 80-year-old tree in Braddell
LTA found many motorists do not observe the 40kmh speed limit, running the risk of colliding with the tree.
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Rare, endangered ghost orchid found in Florida tree
The flower was made famous in the books "The Orchid Thief" and "Adaptation".
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Oh my gourd!
Malaysian fishmonger Chia Sun Pua showing off his giant winter gourd, which weighs 20 kg, and a local one at his garden in Setapa.
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Hunt for the perfect strawberry plant
Harry Swartz is trying to build a better berry - a fruit tailored for gourmet markets and different tastes worldwide that also can be grown and harvested more cheaply and efficiently than current methods.
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Crepe ginger: a landscape beauty
The flowers look like crepe paper, hence its common name.
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