Plant flowers outside: 1st time since Ice Age

[Still Waters]

An ancient plant has amazed botanists after flowering outside in the UK for the first time since the Ice Age.

The Cycad first appeared on Earth in the pre-Jurassic period more than 190 million years ago.

It may have previously flowered inside as it is still kept as a popular houseplant.

But botanists studying the evergreen could find no record of it blooming outside - but in half a century it could be a common occurrence.

They say they have achieved the impossible thanks to climate change.

http://www.dailymail...er-winters.html

[Ashotep]

I wonder what things will become a common occurrence that won't be so pretty.

[meryt-tetisheri]

I wonder what things will become a common occurrence that won't be so pretty.

I have a long wish list of plants I dream of having in my garden: a gardenia, magnolia grandiflora (scented flowers 20 cm in diameter), a palm tree or a cycad...etc., but I'm not ready for warmer climate pests like cockroaches