Several species of tree mallow are found growing wild in Malta. They are known as ħobbejż, a word of Arabic origin meaning small loaf. The name was presumably given to it because of the seed pods ...

The birds were ousted from Fidra, in the Firth of Forth, because of an invasive plant grown as a substitute for toilet paper in the 1700s. The tree mallow spread rapidly and blocked the nesting ...

FOR years armies of volunteers have battled a prolific alien plant which threatens the survival of one of Scotland’s best-loved birds. Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News - A weekly of the Hay's Way ...