Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

An international research team, including Dr. Justyna Olas who is co-first author on the study, has uncovered fundamental ...

Some foliage plants surprise in spring rather than fall. Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), for instance, is beloved for its ...

Cockscomb flowers are a type of celosia, a plant with unique inflorescences—a.k.a. many-flowered spikes. These ...

As the holiday season comes upon us you may want to decorate your home with some lovely colorful flowering plants. Besides poinsettias, there are holiday cacti that have flowers that may be white, ...

Vines climb in different ways, and knowing what climbing styles you can accommodate can help you choose species to try, or ...

Herbarium specimens serve as vital references for identifying plant species, including those presumed extinct. Detailed ...

The monarch butterfly is widely recognized and widely dispersed across North America and it's in trouble. Federal officials ...

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

People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.

This wonderful fragrance is associated with love and its name is derived from a Persian word meaning “moonshine in the garden ...