'Oldest' Pot Plant To Get New Pot

A tree believed to be the "oldest pot plant in the world" is being re-potted in a delicate operation at Kew Gardens in south London.

The ancient cycad was collected in the early 1770s from the Eastern Cape in South Africa by Kew's first plant-hunter Francis Masson.

The tree, which weighs 1 tonne, is almost as old as Kew Gardens which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year.

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