I was just down in New York this past weekend. They are ahead of New England in terms of spring. Lots of trees and shrubs were blooming. There was green grass and dandelion-spotted lawns. In contrast, ...

It doesn’t shout for attention, it doesn’t bloom, and it doesn’t grow tall—but moss has been quietly thriving on this planet for over 400 million years. You’ll find it nestled in stone walls, ...

As you start to think about the plants you want in your 2023 garden, it's important to understand plant life cycles. All plants are classified by the number of growing seasons required to complete ...

Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

Moss has surprising staying power, new research finds. In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA Space Shuttle missions ...

LA JOLLA (August 19, 2025)—Nearly everything you know about plants was first discovered in a plant you’ve likely never heard of. Arabidopsis thaliana, also known as thale cress, is a small, flowering ...

In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA Space Shuttle missions grew in a breathtakingly weird shape, a sort of fuzzy ...

Whenever I wander around garden centers, I try to listen to what shoppers are saying as they select plants to take home. I learn a lot when listening to comments from gardeners about which plants they ...