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https://www.creditoncourier.co.uk/news/crediton-flower-club-closes-after-50-years-645185

Crediton Flower Club closes after 50 years NewsCrediton Flower Club closes after 50 yearsBy Crediton Courier Contributor | Crediton Courier Contributor | Friday 20th October 2023 4:00 pmShare (Pixabay)Subscribe newsletterSubscribe to our email and get updates right in your inbox. I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates fr...

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/10/18/pacific-northwest-flower-nelsons-checkered-mallow-removed-from-endangered-species-list-oregon/71207788007/

Pacific Northwest flower removed from federal threatened and endangered species list A pink perennial flower native to the Pacific Northwest is no longer considered threatened or endangered.

https://vtdigger.org/2023/10/17/eyeing-the-flowers-and-gritty-flip-side-of-brattleboros-changing-downtown/

Eyeing the flowers — and gritty flip side — of Brattleboro’s changing downtown - VTDigger “I never envisioned this when I started,” said volunteer green thumb Dick DeGray, who’s about to retire from cultivating nearly 200 Main Street planters amid a contrasting rise in property crime and closures.

Roses are related to apples, cherries, raspberries, peaches, pears and almonds

Orchids don't need soil to grow: they get all the nutrients they need from air

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66949442

5,000 dahlias at Stonehenge in recreation of Victorian shows The famous monument hosted annual shows in the 1840s, attracting thousands.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66708329

Harrogate banana plant flowers for first time For the first time ever, a Musa Basjoo banana plant is in flower at RHS Garden Harlow Carr.

The cornstarch-like powder known as arrowroot is derived from the plant, Marantha arundinacea, and is native to India. It was used by indigenous people to draw out the toxins from a poisoned arrow wound. Today, it is used to thicken pies and jellies.