As it recovers, Altadena finds inspiration in other wildfire-devastated communities that have replanted lawns, gardens and green spaces with fire-resistant native species.

If your plant is growing poorly or appears in bad shape, you may wonder if it's dead or dormant. Dormant plants are still living and should be left in place—they're just conserving energy in their off ...

Japanese maples add a touch of elegance and color to your yard, but you should know about the issues affecting these trees ...

The acid growth theory states that the auxin-induced acidification of plant cell walls causes their expansion. A model now suggests that excessive acidification leads to growth inhibition ...

A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.

LEEDS, England - Hundreds of thousands of carefully preserved plants and flowers in the United Kingdom will be used for a comprehensive environmental project as experts try to determine how the ...

The Dead Plant Society project, sponsored by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, will lead a search through the 250,000-strong collection in Leeds to compare modern plants and flowers to ...

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March is also the last month where you can plant bare-root trees and canes such as blackcurrants, while they are dormant, and is also a good time to plant potted shrubs as the soil begins to warm up.

An independent sample t-test was used to compare how LTNs differed among different growth forms (trees and shrubs) and plant life forms (conifer and broadleaf). One-way ANOVA was used to compare how ...

The Dead Plant Society project will study herbarium sheets, which were collected by botanists and horticulturalists over the past 200 years. Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of natural ...