The Plant, that likes to do Somersaults...

Ewald Weber’s new book introduces us, in a series of entertaining essays, to 25 unusual plants. Each of them has a distinctive feature, something that lies hidden and does not reveal itself at first glance: a fascinating survival strategy, an extraordinary evolutionary history or an ingenious defence mechanism. Skilfully illustrated, the book will delight anyone who loves and appreciates nature. On a walk through various Central European habitats from the sea to the high mountains, the plants we meet include

· a prickly beauty (sea holly),

· the flower that dreams of an oil boom (yellow loosestrife),

· the shrub that longs for the tropics (daphne)

· and the plant that likes turning somersaults (tumbleweed).