The ornamental plant trade is growing fast, but without better regulations, pests and diseases will continue spreading.

As night fell across a swamp in southern Vietnam, a “large” fanged creature sat in the murky water. Its reddish eyes scanned ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge say that invasive species including snakes and lizards are slipping unnoticed into Britain in vast shipments of cut flowers and potted plants.

Invasive pests are slipping unnoticed into northern Europe in huge shipments of cut flowers and potted plants with potential ...

Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.

European tree frogs are often accidentally imported with flowers coming into the Netherlands. The sheer volume of cut flowers and ornamental plants being traded at speed around the world makes it ...

Continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards are making their way to northern Europe undetected among imports ...

Researchers say improved standards are urgently needed to make the importing of plants more sustainable and less damaging.

Rising number of foreign pests that could threaten the UK’s biodiversity are also arriving on ornamental plants ...