Houseplants have become increasingly popular over the past few years as more and more of us are filling our homes with ...

Bulbs are one of my favorite things to grow in the garden, in side beds, or wildly in large swaths of the lawn and fields.

Leaf blowers All the consequences have been well documented. Leaf blowers cause air and noise pollution, fill the air with ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during ...

A team of researchers co-led by the University of California San Diego has developed a method to produce a special class of plant hormones, known as strigolactones, at unprecedented levels using ...

As wood growth in deciduous tree stems halts during winter, it has been assumed that wood growth in coarse roots follows the ... of biodiversity effects on plant productivity found that ...

If frost is forecast, cover with a cloche or horticultural fleece. How to grow: plant strawberry runners and bare root plants under cloches for an earlier crop – typically from May. Plant in pots or ...

Root vegetables are grown underground at the base of a plant, but not all are exactly roots. Some are bulb-like growths that store nutrients for the plant during colder months. Onions, garlic ...

Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences From RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland, Marion McGarry on the roots and traditions of Nollaig na mBan It is ...

Now, engineers at Princeton have found an answer in an unexpected place: the harmless, or sometimes beneficial, bacteria that cluster around plants’ roots. In an article published Dec. 24 in the ...

However, not all dormant plants are safe from cold damage. Some plants with very shallow roots, such as heuchera, astilbe, gaillardia, and strawberry, can be damaged by heaving or uplift of soils ...

The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow its roots to grow longer than they would otherwise. To stay healthy, plants balance the energy they put into ...