As the holiday season comes upon us you may want to decorate your home with some lovely colorful flowering plants. Besides poinsettias, there are holiday cacti that have flowers that may be white, ...

Alluring, like sirens, some vicious weeds produce beautiful flowers in calming purple hues. Here are the problematic blossoms ...

A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous ...

Dormant pruning, trimming trees and shrubs during the period when they are not actively growing, typically occurs in late ...

Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titan arum's pungent odor. The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because ...

Orphan genes, found only in specific lineages, are key drivers of new functions and phenotypic traits. This discovery lays a ...

Researchers have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by 'touching' their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as surface ...

You have probably seen this one’s bright butter-yellow flowers, the plants commonly very abundant in old agricultural fields and roadsides. The plants are sometimes present in the thousands ...

Your garden might contain flowers, herbs, or weeds that can serve all kinds of important medicinal purposes. Herbalists, alchemists, and medical practitioners have long acknowledged the healing ...

A study (DOI: 10.48130/tp-0024-0036) published in Tropical Plants on 23 ... to stress resistance and flower development. This ...

New research suggests that plants seem to be emitting sounds and engaging in unheard conversations, especially when they're ...