Every garden needs some reliable plants that will thrive year after year, with minimal attention. These species are so hardy ...

Plants with heart-shaped leaves are a wonderful addition to any garden or indoor plant space! Not only are they aesthetically ...

Now, a new study suggests that plants may have been folding their leaves at night for more than 250 million years. By tracking the unique bite marks that insects inflict only upon folded leaves ...

Robot identifies plants by 'touching' their leaves Date: November 13, 2024 Source: Cell Press Summary: Researchers have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages ...

Many, but not all, plants produce flowers with sepals, which are modified leaves that cup the bloom, like petunias. Sepals should be removed along with the faded flower. The bottom line is to ...

Carrot (including wild varieties), parsley (it's also called poison parsley), fennel, dill, and caraway plants have similar, feather-like leaves. Unlike wild carrots, poison hemlock doesn't have ...

Leaving leaves in plant beds and waiting until spring to cut back herbaceous perennials, or only cutting them to 12 to 18 inches tall, can help protect these pollinators and other beneficial ...

These 5 houseplants won’t just brighten your living room – they actually help cool down your home, no fan required.

Underlying plants and grass can be smothered by too many leaves, they note, so if you’re really inundated you may want to use a rake to spread them out a bit. You can also mow them over and use ...

Pollination can be a pretty cut-throat process in the plant kingdom. A team of scientists from South Africa and Brazil found that rival plants may compete with one another for space on pollinators ...