"When we looked at them in detail and brought them to the lab, I could see some of the stems actually had new growth of green lateral branches, and that said to me that these guys are regenerating in the field, and that blew my mind, " she told BBC News.

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He then grew many successive generations to ensure the plant would "come true" always have yellow branches and not revert to green, as some yellow plants do.

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We crossed into deep green shadows, heavy with the weight of damp branches, dripping ferns, wet leaves and grasses.

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From the shadow of the garage, I beheld the back yard, with its Norwegian maples, the tilted white birches, the ancient apple tree whose branches touched the windows of the family room, and for the first time, it seemed, I understood the green glory of this acreage as something indifferent to human life and quite apart from the Victorian manse set upon it.

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