Dragon fruit plants are epiphytic cacti and produce aerial roots that can help them attach to porous surfaces like tree bark.

Vegetables grown for their underground parts have tasty roots, tubers, rhizomes, or bulbs. These structures are packed with carbohydrates and water for the plants, and deliciousness for us. These ...

Understanding a plant’s roots, shoots and growth habits increases the likelihood of success with vegetative reproduction.

Silent threats come in many forms. In fruit and vegetable production, damage to plants from above-ground pests can be readily ...

There’s something about pumpkins. Lumpy and bumpy, impossibly orange, harbinger of harvest. Instant cheer on a front porch ...

One of my favorite garden events of the year starts soon: bare root season. Deciduous trees, including fruits, nuts and berries, plants such as roses, asparagus, horseradish, rhubarb and hops, are ...

We admire our beautiful trees, but often neglect the sizable part of the tree that is hidden underground. Roots anchor a tree and provide the mechanism to take in water, oxygen, and nutrients. They ...

Root beer plant, Piper auritum, is a tropical, perennial shrub or small tree. It can be grown outdoors or indoors and is valued for its large, fuzzy, heart-shaped leaves. Foliage gives rise to the ...

Like the tiny seedlings in the greenhouse at the CamelBackyard Community Food Hub, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Phoenix’s New Roots Farm Stand has a lot of potential. Hameed Algezafee ...

Since the 1980s, scientists have known fine roots (< 2 mm) are critical to ecosystem carbon cycling, with research long ...

With the current chill in the air, I started thinking about planting more root vegetables. They grow well in our cool winter months and are delicious singly both hot and cold or combined as ...