In naturally occurring sexual plants, the formation of unreduced megagametophytes, or apomeiosis, is infrequent except in ephemeral interspecific hybrids. None-the-less, apomeiosis is considered to be ...

I never know where or how I’ll learn about a new plant. That’s part of what makes gardening so much fun. The latest discovery evolved from a phone call from my brother a few weeks ago. Wayne knows ...

These are long-day daisies - prompted into flowering close to the longest day. The fine rays surround a yellow centre, so this is quite a jaunty erigeron, looking rather like an aster wearing several ...

Today I want to share some thoughts about Philadelphia fleabane. As far as I know there are no plants or animals named after Reading, nor are there any named after other cities in Pennsylvania. As a ...

As a medicine hunter, I seek natural, plant-based remedies of high value to health, and help to make them more widely distributed and better known. One of the more intriguing medicinal plants I have ...

We've just discovered an easy way to level up our garden pots on a budget: fill them to the brim with Erigeron. You might have learned how to grow Mexican fleabane, or Erigeron karvinskianus, in ...

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