Cranberry hibiscus (Hibiscus acetosella) is a vibrant, fast-growing shrubby plant with rich burgundy foliage and handsome ...

Yet, many green-fingered enthusiasts don't realise that this plant can be a real menace ... to control or eradicate" as the notorious Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed, a notorious invasive ...

Physalis alkekengi is perennial in zones 3–9 and, depending on the region, may also be called Japanese lantern plant or ...

Hibiscus, a plant with colourful flowers, normally grows in the wild. However, a number of farmers are now domesticating it in Central and Western regions of Kenya. The trend is as a result of the ...

People who say they don’t like maple trees invariably like this maple tree. Learn how to plant a Japanese maple tree in your own yard, and you'll soon understand why. These maples are compact ...

They bloom in springtime. This bushy plant has dense, brain-like flowers nicknamed wool flowers or brain celosia. Despite its unsettling appearance, cockscomb has a rich history in traditional ...

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With no end in sight to sky-high prices for palm oil, Japanese businesses have idled their power plants that burn it to generate electricity. And they do not appear ready to resume operations ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Make a reservation a few days in advance for the Zen-like Umami Café, which offers Japanese teas and ... water and plants that come from influences of the Shinto, Buddhist ...

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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...