Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue colour of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this type of colour production has been observed in nature. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The iridescent blue colour of the fruit produced by Viburnum tinus, an evergreen shrub widespread across the UK, is down to the ...

Instead of relying solely on pigments, the metallic blue fruits of Viburnum tinus use structural color to reflect blue light, a mechanism rarely seen in plants. Researchers show that the fruits use ...

Every season brings new mysteries as well as its delights. A couple of years ago it was the exceptional spring flowering of that common shrub the laurustinus, Viburnum tinus. The bushes were as ...

The ever-reliable Viburnum tinus "Eve Price" has been described as a nice cheery addition to the winter garden. Which, in many ways it is. It's evergreen, has pink flower buds that slowly open to ...

There's a reason why blue fruits are so rare: the pigment compounds that make fruits blue are relatively uncommon in nature. But the metallic blue fruits of Viburnum tinus, a popular landscaping plant ...

Researchers have found a common plant owes the dazzling blue colour of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this type of colour production has been observed in nature. The plant, ...

The iridescent blue colour of the fruit produced by Viburnum tinus, an evergreen shrub widespread across the UK, is down to the fat that lines the cell walls of the outer skin, according to scientists ...

Every season brings new mysteries as well as its delights. A couple of years ago it was the exceptional spring flowering of that common shrub the laurustinus, Viburnum tinus. The bushes were as ...