Plants grow all over the world, in our gardens and in the wild. They can be big, like trees, or small and colourful like wild flowers. Both trees and flowers are types of plants. Anna: Plants are ...

Flowering plants represent about one-sixth of all ... Nicknamed for its appearance, the comet orchid has a milky white flower and a long "tail" consisting of a spur that holds the flower's nectar.

There are more than 100 wild animal species unique to China ... China has a wide variety of flowering plants; the peony, a flower indigenous to China and known as the "king of flowers," is ...

June isn’t the greatest month for wildflowers, but there is still plenty of color to see out in the southwest metro’s native prairies – and even more to come. The “June blahs,” ...

The results suggest that the world's living collections have collectively reached peak capacity, and that restrictions on wild plant collecting around the world are hampering efforts to gather ...

The world's botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting, say researchers. A major study of ...

This is the first corpse flower blooming at the garden in 15 years. In the wild, these plants bloom only every seven to 10 years, making this a truly special event. Over 13,000 admirers have ...

The anthocyanin supports pollen germination and growth by acting as an antioxidant, scavenging reactive oxygen species that might otherwise result in sun damage, scientists found.