Arid conditions can make plant care difficult, but by choosing plants native to dry regions, you will have a greater chance ...

Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease. These non-flowering plants are often regarded as ...

Growing plants takes time and patience, but can transform the look of any garden or outside space. From roses to hydrangeas, daffodils to lilies, beautifully blooming flowers can create the ideal ...

A flowering bottle brush bush. On this edition, we sought Tapp’s advice for how to contend with fruit flies attacking a house plant, why some bottle brushes that are supposed to be flowering aren’t, ...

Water lilies may represent an important stage in the evolution from plants without flowers to flowering plants, a genetic analysis shows. The study of the water lily suggests it is a midway point ...

Phosphorus, a key ingredient in fertilizers, is running out. The world's food systems depend on phosphorus mined from limited ...

1 The seasonal timing of flower production is a critical event in the life cycle of many plants. A range of abiotic and biotic interactions has been suggested to influence the optimal flowering ...

Rice is a staple food for half of the world's population, although its yield per unit cultivation area has not changed significantly for the past several decades. Thus, new technologies to control ...