Tucked away behind the Victorian Palm House at Kew Gardens in west London, a quiet allotment has been coming back to life ...

The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

The series opens with Kew’s oldest resident, the palm-like cycad, Encephalartos altensteinii, that was brought to the Royal Gardens in 1775. It belongs to a group of plants with incredible ...