There are few annual flowers that are as long-lasting and easy to grow as marigolds. This little tip will help you get even more blooms from each plant.

Scientists are revisiting a centuries-old herbal remedy and uncovering evidence that it can weaken dangerous bacteria in unexpected ways. Credit: Stock A traditional medicinal plant, tormentil, shows ...

Long before we had modern antibiotics to rely on, people often turned to traditional medicines from plants to treat infections. The root of tormentil (Potentilla erecta), a small yellow wildflower ...

Tormentil grows wild across the UK, Ireland and Europe. Ihor Hvozdetskyi/ Shutterstock Long before we had modern antibiotics to rely on, people often turned to traditional medicines from plants to ...

I guess we were due to experience a real winter season (Floridian style). And while I am not a fan of freezing temperatures, I have to admit it is not all bad news. At least not for our landscapes.

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On a visit to our local nursery, a plant with long, sweeping branches and small green leaves caught my eye. Upon closer inspection of its tag, I saw it was Duranta erecta ‘Sweet Memories’. Of course, ...

When you're next shopping in your local nursery or garden store it's worth considering whether the plant you've put in your cart could escape your garden and turn into a weed. The Invasive Species ...

The ERECTA family of receptors (ERfs), encoding leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs), can regulate multiple aspects of plant development and abiotic stress responses. The rice (Oryza ...

Contributed by Keiko U. Torii; received October 3, 2024; accepted December 16, 2024; reviewed by Ping He and Michael Hothorn This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by ...