Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female because their flowers have both male parts and female parts. Pollen in plants is like sperm in animals. It comes from the male part of the ...

This plant gets its common name, Velvet Calathea, from the fuzzy texture of the underside of its leaves. Not only does this plant look special, it is also great at purifying the air. Paired with a ...

A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...

There's a huge range of daffodils, or Narcissi, to grow, including white and salmon-pink flowered varieties, tall types and dwarf 'Tete-a-Tete' daffodils, and early- and late-flowering species. If you ...

You can expect lilacs to put on around 30-60cm of growth a year. To extend the season of interest, you could try growing a late-flowering clematis through the larger types. Lilacs are easy to grow and ...

Khara Scheppmann has 12 years of marketing and advertising experience, including proofreading and fact-checking. She previously worked at one of the largest advertising agencies in the southwest. Also ...