Recent freezing weather may have damaged plants in your yard, but not all damage is permanent. Some plants may look worse before they get better, according to Sara MacDonald at the St. Lucie County ...

Plants make chemical weapons to protect themselves, and many of these compounds have become vital to human medicine. Researchers found that one powerful plant chemical is produced using a gene that ...

Winter is here, and who knows what winter still has in store for us. In the event of a freeze with temperatures dropping to at least 32°F, here is information on how to protect your plants. If a ...

Wet soil can actually help your plants weather freezing temperatures. Here's when you should water your plants before a freeze hits. There's plenty of cold-weather myths about plants out there. We ...

Pansy Jean Kidwell Morrow of Paris, Texas, 92, was born on February 8, 1933, in Vernon, Texas and passed away on January 8, 2026, at Spring Lake Assisted Living in Paris, Texas with her family, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Photosynthesis. Learning how plants use the sun and water to make ...

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...

If you want a steady stream of colorful flowers in your garden from fall well into spring, you need to know a gardening secret. The season most people think of as a time for resting, winter, is ...

This time-lapse shows 89 days growing stages of a pansy plant from a seed to flowers. A pansy seed was planted in a pot with potting mix. The seedling took about 10 days to shoot up to the soil's ...

Only a small fraction of all plants are edible. Some of those that aren’t can do serious damage to a human’s health. Here are ten plants to stay away from, and never ingest. The American landscape may ...

A toxic tour of the high-security facility with more than a hundred plants that could kill you. “Look, don’t touch” is the motto at Alnwick’s poison garden in Northumberland, unless you’re a ...