More exotic-looking is Euphorbia myrsinites, an evergreen perennial with succulent leaves that lends itself easily to rock ...

The weed-eating goats and beetles are on standby and city staff are geared up for gardening now that spring has officially ...

Many plants, and a few other organisms, can expedite diversification even further by doubling their number of chromosomes.

Auxin is the first plant hormone—or "phytohormone"—ever identified, with its discovery dating to the late 19th and early 20th ...

Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are preserving diverse plant species. And, how micronutrients could help address world hunger.

In 2022, Selby Gardens botanist Dr. John L. Clark was also part of a team that discovered a new plant species called ...

The best plants in Grow a Garden are arguably the ones that will earn you plenty of money when it comes time to sell them for Sheckles to be able to buy more seeds and continue building your garden.

The many thousands of plant species and their numerous chemical ... The sap of the tulip (family Liliaceae) contains the well-characterized allergen tulipalin A. The individual tulip bulbs contain ...

Last year, in an issue of our monthly newsletter for Yakima Master Gardeners, Jenny Mansfield recounted a stroll through her ...

Born in Finland, Olga Lakela discovered or rediscovered rare local species and started an herbarium that still bears her name ...

Conservatives claim Liberals want Canadians to 'eat bugs' as cricket plant reduces workforce How a London, Ont., cricket plant found itself at the heart of an international conspiracy theory ...

The mechanisms underlying virus perception and immune activation in plants remain poorly understood. Recent work shows that in rice, an E3 ubiquitin ligase senses viral coat proteins to activate ...