With the fall season underway, many Siouxlanders are taking the time to start preparing their gardens and plants for the ...

Plants growing near a river may use the flowing water to transport their seeds. Some seed pods are designed to explode and throw the seeds a good distance from the parent plant. Many plants also ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants of the genus Solanum and ...

Plants don’t like “wet feet,” meaning they also suffer if their roots are sitting in water and not getting sufficient oxygen. On a hot, windy day, the soil’s surface may appear dry ...

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Finally, the argument that growing native plants restores ecosystems may not fly much. Both native and non-native species ...

A light pot will need watering, while a heavy one is probably wet enough. Check your pots regularly as they can dry out quickly. You may need to feed your plants more frequently if you use peat-free ...

Test your cake decorating skills with this celebratory show-stopper! A delicious lemon, poppy-seed and early grey flavoured sponge is covered in a lemon flavoured buttercream and then topped with ...

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 ...

Other parasitic plants, known as holoparasites, cannot photosynthesise and depend on their hosts for food. Parasites that cannot survive without a host are known as obligate, while facultative ...