New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

With Valentine’s Day approaching, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists are diligently working at ports ...

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A university plant quiz competition has helped to address the decline in botanical education, a new study shows.

A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such ...

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Years ago, I made a goal to have something blooming in my landscape throughout the year. Spring was easy. Summer had numerous ...

Roses, carnations, pompons, hydrangeas, chrysanthemums and gypsophila arrive on hundreds of flights, mostly from Colombia and Ecuador, to Miami on their journey to florists and supermarkets across the ...

A Brillouin spectroscopy study of the apple fruit cuticle indicates spatial micro-mechanical inhomogeneities exist between the periclinal and anticlinal regions.