Around Valentine's Day, consider this a botanical love letter filled with horticultural heartthrobs — garden companions that ...

This purple perennial isn’t just about pretty blooms or a calming fragrance; it’s a natural pest-repelling powerhouse. The ...

Steam distillation, a process used to extract the oil from the lavender plant’s flowers, is the path to creating this treasured commodity. The oil is often a key ingredient in diffusers ...

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This very confusion was evident on Reddit this week when a user posted an innocent-looking photo of his parents' front garden, asking: "Were your parents, like mine, proud of their pampas grass?" ...

Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

Lavender can be a beautiful addition to any garden, regardless of size or climate. However, they require careful maintenance to prevent them from becoming woody and sparse. Pruning lavender ...

HONG KONG, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Country Garden (2007.HK), opens new tab said it expected to post a narrower annual loss in 2024 as the embattled developer looks to revive its business and stave off ...

A lavender farm in southern Tasmania is in the ... Mr Moretto, a biologist who specialises in plants, was on holiday with his wife when he photographed the frog. He said he shared the image ...

The confusion starts because citronella grass that has the scientific name C. nardus is the plant many companies distill for use in insect sprays, candles, and the like. All these plants smell really ...

Buying plants and seeds online is not only convenient but you’ll often find varieties that aren’t available at garden centres and you can shop from companies that specialise in a particular kind of ...

While it’s easier than ever to buy live plants online, sometimes, despite our best intentions, those live plants become, well, dead plants. Artificial plants — fake plants, silk plants ...