A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to the discovery.

U S national parks are famed for their biodiversity, but even the most well-studied of places can still throw us a surprise ...

The discovery of a new species in the Andean cloud forests of northern Peru has reinforced the vital role of citizen science in plant research.

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

The acid growth theory states that the auxin-induced acidification of plant cell walls causes their expansion. A model now suggests that excessive acidification leads to growth inhibition ...

Have you put much thought into your garden yet this year? Now is a great time to take a soil sample, consider plant placement within the garden, and to get started planting some of the cool season ...

Within a few seconds, the app will recognize the plant for you and show the botanical name, common name, genus, and plant family. Its only major issue is that it will show you add after every two ...

Now is a good month to plant early potatoes and sow hardier veg like beetroot direct outdoors. Hardy annuals such as cornflowers and poppies can also now be sown direct outside, where they are to ...

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For an earlier show of flowers, sow sweet peas and cosmos indoors, ready to plant seedlings outdoors in spring. This time of year is also perfect for planting bare-root trees and shrubs, saving money ...

Plant ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology focussed on the distribution and abundance of plants, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. Crop rotation has been shown to ...