The sweet, heavy perfume of the fragrant evening primrose wafts in the sunset on balmy summer evenings. The first night moths will soon come to pollinate the buds.The plant is just one of many that ...

New mapping of Sites of Scientific Interes across England and Wales has revealed thousands of sightings of non-native ...

Perhaps the most spectacular group of Ohio orchids are the lady’s slippers in the genus Cypripedium. Four species occur, one ...

With a nickname like ‘skunk cabbage’, the infamously stinky flowers of Symplocarpus renifolius are unlikely to grace a bridal ...

April’s Earth Month should have made us curious about what we can do to tread more lightly on the planet. We may think of ...

A new book by Dr. Robert Spengler tackles one of the biggest questions in biology and the social sciences: domestication – ...

Commonly called Elephant Ears, Colocasia and Caladiums aren’t the best choices for indoor growing. They need high humidity, ...

When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50% of the chemicals end up in the air or soil instead of on the plants.

Answer: Growers can time their lily blooms to open for Easter where your home planting depends on Mother Nature. We have to ... year and growers plan their plants to be opening buds about a ...