Mr P Cuttings takes scicomm promoters to task over the correct lay-out of scientific names. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/02/06/s... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Thinking of a summer beach holiday, and maybe swimming..? Give a thought to coral-damaging sunscreens… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/30/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Now, that's a toe-curdling Dad joke... 🙂 Stay safe.

The first book review of 2026 is all about the biology of ferns. To find out more, go to plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/23/a... Plus, an idea for a New Year’s Resolution you can keep, why not sign-up to the site at plantcuttings.uk? Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

This week’s Plant Cutting celebrates some of 2025’s notable ‘new’ species of plants. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/16/s... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

The 2nd Plant Cutting for 2026 sheds some light on night-glowing plants. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/09/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

The first Plant Cutting for 2026 is something to celebrate – a plant-inspired solution to tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/02/t... Happy New Year! #Botany #PlantScience

How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Follow the fresh prints.

The last Plant Cutting for 2025 celebrates prize-winning plant-based research… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/26/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

The long read that delves into the world of ferns, rare earths, and global geopolitics for you this week… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/19/r... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

🌿 Want to transform your garden this year? The DIY plans to build these 8ft x 4ft raised beds are available today. https://learndirt.com/raised-garden-bed-plans/

Good morning, I hadn't thought of that! What a brilliant suggestion. Thank you so much for pointing that out. An update to that post is certainly in order. Many thanks again! Stay safe, Nigel

This week we have a resolution (of sorts) to my previous query about root mucilage and photosynthesis. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/12/b... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Come along to Fesshole Live! Tickets available for Leicester, Luton and Leeds. The Sweden Tour includes Malmö, Göteborg and Stockholm. We’re also doing Anon Opin in Leicester. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole

My last book review of 2025 for you this week. A fascinating read about eucalypts from a former director of Kew Gardens, Stephen Hopper. Just in time for Christmas..? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/12/05/e... [Plus, free subscription to the blog is - still - available…] Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes? That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.

Calling all who appreciate plants and what they do for us! Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at University of Nottingham (UK) chng.it/Fq67ZRxK via @UKChange #Botany #PlantScience

It is, more in the post. Stay safe.

An appraisal of a book that will get you thinking about plants (well, gardens actually) and people this week, the intriguingly-named The green fuse. More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/28/w... Plus, Mr PC’s Black Friday deal – free subscription to the blog is available(!) Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

A rather different blog post this week: An opportunity for readers to engage in a little botanical sleuthery. I’m trying to track down a paper with data re % of photosynthate secreted from roots. Intrigued? Baffled? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/21/a... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole

A look at three botanically-relevant Japanese words today. Who needs Duolingo when you have botanolingo? Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/14/t... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

A review of an important book for you today. It’s about plant domestication and the ‘invention’ of agriculture. More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/07/t... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🐝 Latest newsletter about Botanical University Challenge is now available on our website. Book reviews, information about #BUC2026, memories of this summer's competition and festival ... botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/

Dear Ros, That is nice to know - thanking you for telling me. 😀 Stay safe, Nigel

We haven’t had an item about seaweeds for some time. To remedy that deficiency, this week’s post is about … seaweeds (and structural colour). Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/10/31/a... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Garden shed? More of a museum piece... Stay safe.

Back to book reviews this week, and a look at Canopy Meg’s Tree day, 24 trees in 24 hours. Lots of plant biology and ecology for your viewing pleasure. More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/10/24/2... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

No cutting for you this week, nor even a book review. Instead, an unashamedly self-congratulatory post on the occasion of the blog’s 2nd birthday(!). More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/10/17/h... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

An appraisal of a plants-and-people book for this week, one about wood-and-woodologists. Intrigued? Read more at plantcuttings.uk/2025/10/10/c... #Botany #PlantScience

Wow!

A botanical term to get your teeth into in this week’s post: Ergastic substances. Intrigued? Read more at plantcuttings.uk/2025/10/03/w... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

Tree inside tree.

Primary Teachers! In case you missed these, there are some lovely FREE resources for teaching how to tell the time here. If you’re in London, I’m available for an interactive, demo-based presentation about the history and science of timekeeping.

🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Join our group in Poznan, Poland to study meiotic crossover recombination in plants 🌱 Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome! 📅 Deadline: Nov 1, 2025 🔗 ibmib.web.amu.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Postdoc_position-2025-Ziolkowskis-Lab.pdf

Another book review for you this week, but about proper plants (well, and a giant seaweed…) this time. Intrigued? Read more at plantcuttings.uk/2025/09/26/p... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

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A review of another book about fungi from the extraordinary talent that is Dr Alison Pouliot. Intrigued? Read more at plantcuttings.uk/2025/09/19/o... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

A book review – about fungi – for you this week. Read more at plantcuttings.uk/2025/09/12/d... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

The tale of the tomato and the potato for you this week. More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/09/05/t... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Mr P Cuttings casts a sceptical eye over a botanist’s book about plants this week… More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/08/29/a... [Free subscription to the blog still available – would make a great Hallowe’en present..?] Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Today is #ADayforBSA! 🌿 Support the future of botany by donating to the BSA Endowment. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference and allows us to support students, our publications, and community-building conferences now and for years to come. Donate now: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Plants phylogeny is a mess anyway Credit : @xkcd.com

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

A deep dive into the concept of model plant for you this week – and a big mention of the ‘A’ word… Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/08/22/w... Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

Ever wondered what role alcohol may have had in helping humans become ‘civilised’? No? Well, this week’s plant cutting does. Intrigued? More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/08/15/h... #Botany #PlantScience