How Vines Lasso Their Way to the Top of the Plant World

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Watch vines and the world's fastest growing tree, the balsa, in a battle to reach the sun with beautiful time-lapse photography.

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Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising effects of the seasons on plant life.

Sir David Attenborough discovers amazing water plants, some of which can count and hunt.

Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest.

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Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants....