We’ve all been stumped for the name of a plant at times, whether shopping at a garden centre, visiting a garden or on holiday. Plant-id apps promise to identify plants from a picture taken on your ...

Let’s dive into these wonderful shrubs and see how they can transform your landscape! Blueberry Bush (Vaccinium corymbosum) ...

First things first, if you’re walking around and you want to identify a poison sumac shrub right away, look at its height. a ...

Leafsnap is a free app that identifies plant species of all kinds, from flowers and bark to fruit and trees. Go for a walk, take a shot of a leaf, and this little wonder will identify the plant it ...

Home-grown blueberries are unbeatable for flavour, since blueberries grown in a colder climate have a much more structured flavour and tangy acidity than those grown in hot climates. You’d be ...

Every bite an herbivore takes comes at the expense of a plant. Are plants passive victims or do they actively resist these attacks? Some plants avoid herbivory by decreasing their apparency or ...

* What it is: Chicago Lustre is an improved version of our Pennsylvania-native arrowwood viburnum and is distinctive for its heavy fall fruit set and its glossy, green leaves. Plants flower white ...

Many plant apps offer unique features like plant identification, watering reminders, even a light measurement tool. They make it easy to keep your plants alive, especially if you can’t quite ...

"I arrived at this farm without knowing what a blueberry plant was," says Aurelio Ortiz. A farming supervisor, Mr Ortiz is speaking as he oversees the harvest at Sunberries Field, a blueberry ...

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 ...

After buying a punnet of blueberries, it can be tempting to immediately pop it in the fridge and not give the fruit another thought until you need it. Technically, this method can work but there ...

The Hiawatha National Forest is paying for pinecones of Jack and red pines collected in the U.P. Jack Pine is paid at $60 per ...