Aguria Scyphus Spectaculum When burned, incense made from the woody stem can enhance psychic abilities, strengthening the clarity of visions and prophecies. Light blue flowers, like rounded tufts of ...

A type of Japanese dogsbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.

Amaryllis flowers are some of the most striking there are. They add punchy color to any room or flower bed, and their unique silhouette acts as a statement focal point in a modern setting. They're ...

Calycanthus floridus, commonly known as sweetshrub or Carolina allspice, is an unusual plant native to North America. Not ...

If you thought native plant were boring, you are about to be proven wrong! There are hundreds of beautiful native plants that I absolutely adore. We have several species of native sunflowers, native ...

Whenever I visit Worldwide Exotics Nursery, I see something I’ve never seen before. It’s a nursery with lots of unusual selections and many of them appeal to the “I gotta have one” mentality of the ...

The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. The first thing that drew me to the corpse flower was its unusual name.

Some prior bad experience with a homeowners' association appeared to be behind one gardener's recent wistful musings. Passing ...

Terrestrial plants began making a permanent home on land from the sea at least 420 million years ago. Updated methodologies in genetic data research has determined this number could be as old as 500 ...