Researchers have found that a plant with white flowers and a dark black nectar is pollinated mainly by hawkmoths.

Container gardening isn’t just for vegetables. Growing flowers in containers offers a versatile method of adding color around your yard. Whether you live in an apartment, have limited space, are new ...

A tall perennial can bring fresh dimension to your backyard design, adding height, movement, and seasonal interest to layered ...

If you're already seeing gaps in your flower beds, you should fill them in during April -- here are some of the summer bulbs ...

We are constantly bombarded with terms for one thing or another. But if you are interested in providing for pollinators, ...

Fossils of angiosperms first appear in the fossil record about 140 million years ago. Based on the material in which these fossils are deposited, early angiosperms must have been weedy, fast-growing ...

Pyrenees fossils suggest the Montsechia lived up to 130 million years ago and is the earliest known example of a fully submerged aquatic flowering plant Editor's note: The following essay is reprinted ...

The appearance of flowering plants on Earth, and their rapid dissemination during the Cretaceous can be attributed to their capacity to transform the world to their own needs, according to a new ...

Photosynthesis – the ability to convert energy from the sun into fuel – first appeared on Earth in single-celled organisms, which eventually evolved into algae, then mosses, then ferns. Flowering ...

There are a number of fast-growing and fragrant plants that will not only add a pop of color to your patio, but will make the ...