It wasn’t always easy. It was no walk in the park. But with perseverance, focus and endurance we made it to 100 mostly plant science facts! I think we all deserve a round of applause, a pat on the back and a new hoya for the living room. Enjoy!

• Guano 
• Jumping Cholla: When Cacti Attack 
• Why is my orange green? | Plant Scientist 
• https://twitter.com/elsebeth_k/status/1430487511948738562 
• Clematis ‘Maria Sklodowska Curie’ – BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine 
• The ‘Confessions’ of Karl Marx (or these are a few of his favorite things) 
• Jean Nicot 
• ​​Racism lurks in names given to plants and animals. That’s starting to change 
• Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology 
• Nikolai Vavilov Episode 10: Tetris and the Seed Potatoes of Leningrad 
• Turgor pressure 
• Squirting Cucumber: The Plant That Explodes 
• Himalayan Balsam Explosive Seed Pods. Impatiens Glandulifera.
• A seed flying like a bullet: ballistic seed dispersal in Chinese witch-hazel (Hamamelis mollis OLIV., Hamamelidaceae) | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

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