Often seen in yellow or orange shades, marigolds ( Tagetes) are showy flowers that make incredible companion plants. "The ...

Humans are very good at coming up with mental images of how various objects ought to look. It is a basic way of bringing ...

Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique structure of the plant as symbols of the last days of Jesus ... is likely to be a constant character in the genus. Within the pistil, which is formed ...

Their task was to identify all the epiphytes — plants that grow on other plants — in the forest canopy. As Jan Wolf, a botanist now at the University of Amsterdam, measured tree trunk girth ...

Stop! Don't touch that plant! There are lots of gorgeous varieties of plants nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains for nature lovers to admire and enjoy. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ...

But pollen isn’t all bad. It’s essential to the reproduction of plants, the survival of insects and the entire food web. We humans could not survive without it, so we absolutely shouldn’t ...

Botanists Lúcia Lohmann and Charlotte Taylor join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss their work discovering new plant species and maintaining the storied Missouri Botanical Garden. And, what does it mean ...

Pruning plants, flowers and trees can stimulate longer flowering periods and new growth. Timing is key when it comes to pruning, and May is an ideal month for many plants as they have either ...

SEOUL, May 17 (Reuters) - Production at Kumho Tire's (073240.KS), opens new tab largest factory in South Korea was suspended due to a fire that broke out on Saturday morning, a company ...

Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones, are chemicals that regulate plant cell processes. They are signal molecules produced within the plant functioning in extremely low concentrations. The ...