Growing a thriving garden often feels like waging a constant battle against pests that view your carefully tended plants as an all-you-can-eat buffet. As a lifelong gardener, I've learned that one of ...

A host of dark-dwelling creepy crawlies help plants just as bees and butterflies do. New research is showing just how much the world relies on them.

Get the jump on the growing season this year with these pretty early spring flowers that just can’t wait for warm weather.

A research team has discovered a new tissue in plants that plays an essential role in seed formation by regulating the flow of nutrients into the seed. The team used their findings to increase the ...

For truly stunning petunias covered with color, you need to do more than deadhead the spent blooms. A healthy, content plant ...

I spend a lot of time outside. I tend the garden, I walk the dog, I nerd out on nature, and I even manage to sit still and relax occasionally. These are all activities I am grateful to be able to ...

Let's see beautiful flowers, with creative lighting. Plants, such as ferns, grasses and mosses are also allowed. The image can be post processed to remove distractions, but try to keep it looking ...

Researchers have discovered that plants compete for the best position to be pollinated. A study published in The American Naturalist reveals that plants are not merely passive participants in ...

Newly published research suggests that despite all the pampering corpse flower plants receive from their curators, ...

Syngenta Biotechnology China-led research, with partners in the U.S., France, the UK, Chile, the Netherlands, Argentina, and ...

Bloom time and season-long support: Annuals bloom for extended periods, often all summer. They keep producing flowers. Perennials have defined bloom periods, sometimes only a few weeks. By planting a ...

Ecologists whimsically decided to call the parts that make up a flower its whorls. The first whorl of a flower is known as the calyx, which is the plant’s green, leafy outer structure that ...