Q: What can I do in my garden to help out the bees? I know I should plant more flowers, but what type? Is there anything else I can do? European honeybees are the most familiar pollinators, but native ...

Almost every plant we eat has a flower, and flowering plants populate every corner of the planet. But many questions remain about how and when this vast group emerged throughout the history of life on ...

The pruners are clean, the days are getting longer, and the garden is stirring after months of dormancy. March is when the ...

The plant: It’s typically grown as an indoor houseplant, but you can also bring cyclamen outdoors to cheer up your cool-season garden. Socalled Florists Cyclamen, a hybrid of cyclamen persicum, is the ...

The induction of flowering is of major importance from an ecological and agronomic point of view. Timely and synchronous flowering is essential to optimize pollination and allow seed production and ...

Have you ever noticed that certain plants that undergo dormancy flower before leafing out? This phenomenon, known as hysteranthy (hyster = after, anthy = flowering) is evident during late winter and ...

We couldn’t love these gorgeous blooms any more than we already do, which is why we’re always looking forward to peony season. Think you know all there is to know about peonies? Test your knowledge ...

A new paper published today (April 24) in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the ...

Today, ants are pretty much everywhere. To learn more about how these insects conquered the world, scientists used a combination of fossils, DNA, and data on the habitat preferences of modern species ...

Plants are an incredibly diverse group of organisms, ranging from tiny algae to majestic redwood trees. Plants have colonized nearly every environment on Earth, evolving ways to thrive in blistering ...

The memories of first encounters with certain plants last a lifetime. Often, such plants are discovered growing in places where they are not given any human care but rely solely on what nature (or God ...