If your flower beds need a little something extra to fill them in, check out these ground covers that can make great ...

Many California natives require fire to germinate their seeds and so we could see some of them sprouting this winter and ...

The ZZ plant ( zamioculcas zamiifolia) is easily recognisable from its wide, waxy leaves that reflect sunlight to brighten ...

Making tea is easy. Basically, all you need is a drinking vessel, hot water and plant bits. I prefer loose-leaf tea over bagged, because the latter is typically crumbled up plant parts called ...

Moss Appreciation Week is packed with events both scientific... and also silly. Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting ...

Did you know that the way weeds spread isn't your only woe? Some species can also attract pests to your yard. Discover which ...

Peace lilies are some of the most popular houseplants around and its not hard to see why. They're beautiful, they help to ...

When you're new to the plant game, though, it can feel overwhelming when people talk about things like "indirect light" or an "internode." Internodes are the areas between the nodes (more on nodes ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

The poisonous vegetation, hemlock, also known as hemlock water-dropwort, has been washing up along both the north and south coasts of Cornwall, where it is believed that dogs may be accidentally ...

Numerous warnings are being put out as parts of a deathly poisonous plant have been washing up all over Cornwall. People are ...

Remove infected parts of the plants if spotted early ... We protected them with an insect-proof mesh to prevent any attack on the leaves and roots, and, as there was no rainfall during the trial, ...