A few years ago, a friend from church and a reader asked about unusual plants I may encounter. She asked me what I might find to overwinter in my home […] ...

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Anyway, I hope you’re enjoying these final few weeks of the year and getting some good rest and some great runs in — as ...

Winter is not just a season of bare trees and frosty mornings; it’s also a time when certain flowers bloom, bringing bursts ...

For those who add plants and trees to their garden with the purpose of attracting hummingbirds, there are some you'll want to ...

So, to minimize those reasons to prune, select plants of an appropriate size. Other reasons to prune would be to shape up a ...

There’s something so hypnotic about a flower baby name. There are so many wonderful options out there, and they become quite ...

Orphan genes, found only in specific lineages, are key drivers of new functions and phenotypic traits. This discovery lays a ...

Cold temperatures alone doesn't necessarily damage roses, but rather the freeze-and-thaw cycles throughout the winter.

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

Icons of beauty, providers of sustenance, even symbols of divinity — blossoming plants have assumed a deep significance to ...