It is hoped volunteers can help remove the balsam before the plant flowers in July and August and the seeds are scattered across the ground. In a short space of time, Himalayan Balsam can smother ...
The balsam was said to have been harvested from a plant cultivated in oases around ... Solowey gathered pollen from the tree and brushed it onto the flowers of a female date palm she called ...
Himalayan balsam is fast-growing, quickly invading wet habitats at the expense of native flowers An innovative ... by Victorian botanists in 1839, the plant has no natural rivals and can quickly ...