ERASE THE COLD: Prune off any freeze damage caused to gingers, elephant ears, philodendrons, cannas and other herbaceous ...
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has shared ways to care for winter flowering houseplants, from amaryllis to jasmine and ...
I find geraniums so charming, and they come in many varieties (I love the ones with variegated leaves). Plus, they're quite ...
Bearded Iris germanica are some of the most lovely late spring / early summer flowering perennials. They produce beautiful ...
New Zealand has 2,200 native flowering plants and 85% of them grow nowhere else, including some spectacular displays that ...
Researchers have shown that the pollen levels of certain plants, such as grasses and cupressaceae, can appear before or after the peak moment of flowering. This phenomenon is caused by the ...
Flowering tea is a treat for the eyes, nose, and palate. Consisting of tea leaves woven around a dried blossom, flowering tea is brewed in a glass teapot so everyone can enjoy watching the tea "bloom.
The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...
Parasitic dodders use outgrowths called haustoria to leech water and nutrients from their host plants. Jingxiong Zhang, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Parasitic ...
Henon bamboo, a species that blooms every 120 years, faces an uncertain future after a massive flowering and the death of its stems.
Jacarandas have burst forth once more with their galvanizing purple-blue flowers, an invitation to feel joy or annoyance, depending on one’s perspective toward the tree’s spectacular yet messy ...