The color is also in a range easily seen by bees (the insect has difficulty seeing red ... of echinacea are not the best ones ...

In the fall, the number of birds visiting your yard and garden may drop. During this season, when food is scarce, use these ...

Short lived perennial. Adapted to a wide range of soils, it grows best on soils with fine to medium texture that are well drained. It tolerates low fertility and moderately acid soils but has low ...

A University of Minnesota researcher teamed up to work with a researcher from the Chicago Botanic Gardens to understand how the use of controlled fires affects prairie landscapes and its effects on ...

As I look back at this gardening year, one of the plants I enjoyed the most was the Upscaled Red Velvet monarda or beebalm. I ...

Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire genome of the ...

The cold acts as a natural curb on the spread of plant pests and diseases. Slugs are less active and fungal spores will 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 ...

We then assess these plants against the IUCN Red List Criteria to produce a Sampled Red List Index (SRLI) for Plants. Plants provide the support systems for all life on Earth. Declines in plant ...

Now that your vegetables and flowers have almost finished their growing cycle, it is time to think about saving seeds for next year. Saving seeds has several benefits. You can save money. You can ...