Shiny baubles sprout from between its leaves, shimmering in a vibrant metallic blue. Look closer, and other colours emerge – pinpricks of red, orange, green and violet. It looks as if Seurat, or ...

In terms of blue fruits with unusual coloration strategies, viburnum has certainly been easier to get ahold of than the pollia fruit, Dr. Middleton reflected. “It was nice,” she said, “to ...