A humid and moist environment means that bathrooms can be the ideal place for a plant as conditions resemble those of a ...

The Edible Peace Patch Project is a nonprofit that maintains educational gardens in eight Title 1 elementary schools around ...

Some 800,000 dried plant specimens from the 150-year-old Singapore Herbarium are being digitised using Picturae’s conveyor belt imaging system. Photojournalist Shintaro Tay takes a behind-the-scenes ...

Kenaf, the fast-growing hibiscus relative celebrated as a low-carbon alternative to glass fiber, has a dirty secret: lignin. The phenolic polymer that ...

Joel Weinshanker, head of Elvis Presley Enterprises—aka Graceland, the Elvis Presley archives and all Elvis-related licensing ...

Germinating and growing time-lapse of a hardy hibiscus from a seed to a young plant. The chosen variety was Rose of Sharon, ...

Asian sour leaf, Jamaican sorrel, Florida cranberry, and red sorrel are the other names of roselle hibiscus plant.

There are several types of avocados. Any can be grown outdoors in horticultural zones 9-11, but the Hass variety, which is ...

When the clouds part and sunlight pours in, the Woodlands Botanical Garden (WBG) springs to life. Amid the chirping crickets, ...

To revive abandoned farmland, Otaki town officials have turned to unorthodox crops that can survive in barren terrain and ...

This pruning technique helps plants grow fuller, while stimulating and controlling growth, and it can also make the colors of ...

Touch a flower on your period and it will wither away, women are told. Yet, as symbols of fertility, flowers have become a euphemism for the menstrual cycle.