It might seem contradictory that to protect some of our most nature-rich areas, we have to kill millions of plants with herbicides. But, for the past few years, a small team of skilled individuals has ...

Conservation ranger Peter O’Toole stands in a clearing at Killarney National Park and looks at the rhododendron seedlings poking above the ground. Ten years ago specialist contractors liberated this ...

Two hillwalkers had to be rescued from a Rhododendron forest in the Republic of Ireland after getting trapped for five hours. The couple, in their 50s, were reportedly trapped in the forest of ...

There are more than 900 species of the colourful plant worldwide, but only one type, Rhododendron ponticum, is invasive in Irish habitats. In the last five years, there has been approximately €2.7m ...

A trip to the National Botanic Gardens in Wicklow will help you choose your favourite species Rhododendrons need acidic soil to perform well Anthurium Magnolia In early summer, the Kerry countryside ...

Two hillwalkers had to be rescued after they became trapped in a thick forest of a wild rhododendron plants for five hours on an Irish mountainside. The Co Waterford couple became trapped in the dense ...