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Mexican plant sleeps for 21 years then bursts through roof

A GIANT Mexican plant which lay dormant for two decades has suddenly sprouted a 6ft flower straight through the roof of one of Scotland's...

World-famous botanic garden needs safety spending worth £40m

SCOTLAND’S most famous botanic garden needs £40m to save its glasshouses - before panels dislodge and crash to the ground. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh...

Magical nights set to return to Royal Botanic Gardens

THE Royal Botanic Gardens are set to bring back a month of magical nights. The award-winning Botanic Lights event will return to Edinburgh in October,...

Lonely giant plant breaks through roof

A LONELY asparagus plant sprouted 17ft in a month - bursting through a glasshouse roof - a few months after its keeper left.       The 8ft-high...

Magnificent castle for sale complete with country’s oldest yew walk

A MAGNIFICENT 15th century castle has gone on sale for £1.5m - boasting Scotland’s oldest yew tree walk. Buyers of the land in Kinross will...

Dog dials 999

A COCKER spaniel is in the doghouse after dialling 999. Police officers raced to a B&B business in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, on Tuesday evening after getting...

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