Hybrid fruit trees are often hardier. They can also produce delicious fruit in more abundance than their parents. That's a ...

There are 12 variations of the Cherry Blossom trees throughout the DMV.

In 2000, a group of STRI botanists collected samples of all the plants from the genus Clusia they could find in Panama to ...

Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the tiny size of the leaves, the smallest within the genus. This species has only ...

If your pets enjoy your home’s outdoor spaces as much as you do, keeping them safe and healthy starts with choosing pet-safe plants for your garden or landscaping.

Two researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered and described a new, previously unknown palm species found in the virgin forests of Colombia. In close cooperation with a local indigenous ...

Temple Terrace was built around its trees and century-old golf course. Now, city leaders are investing at least $60,000 to ...

Dogwood trees are a bit picky about water; they prefer consistently moist, but not saturated, soil that drains well. Newly ...

T he blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling ...

The Miami Beach Botanical Garden hosted world-renowned perfumers and fragrance professionals for a panel and a sensory tour. Along with a botanical expert, perfumers taught the role that plants and ...

An Australian tree now bears the evocative nickname "zombie." This term describes the peculiar fate of Rhodamnia zombi, a ...