Corn plant, or cornstalk Dracaena, has the scientific name of Dracaena fragrans and is a beautiful plant. This past week a friend on Facebook had a picture of the plant in bloom; one of the readers ...

This year I am truly in the mood to garden. I have laid out plans for several new beds, and the methods I use will be different for each. One of the exciting things I would do as a designer at the ...

Epiphytes, plants such as orchids and mosses that grow in trees, draw nutrients from the air and create refuge for all sorts of other life forms. They are the foundation of forest canopy ecosystems, ...

That’s one small stem for a plant, one giant leap for plant science. In a tiny, lab-grown garden, the first seeds ever sown in lunar dirt have sprouted. This small crop, planted in samples returned by ...

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We all like our homes to smell nice–from freshly laundered sheets to scented candles–there are numerous ways to achieve this. However, fragranced indoor plants are a wonderful way to scent our homes ...

Q: While visiting a friend I was admiring a groundcover bed she has. She called it “purpleheart,” and she said it’s a winter-hardy cousin to wandering Jew. How dependable is it? I’d like to plant some ...

DUVALL, Wash. — Eight-year-old Maggie Carosino is already a proven member of the scientific community. The soon-to-be third grader is bashful with her words but passionate about her love of nature.