Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...

During an investigation to see whether it was possible to restore an iconic, but endangered, community of shrubland plant ...

Analysis - Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that ...

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...

Apalachicola National Forest, Florida’s largest national forest, encompasses 630,000 acres of pine flatwoods, cypress swamps, ...

Nestled in Florida’s Forgotten Coast (a nickname that feels like both a secret handshake and a humble brag), Apalachicola offers a refreshing alternative to the state’s theme park madness and ...

White milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme), thorn pear (Scolopia zeyheri), candle wood (Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus) and bitou ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Athol Fugard, South Africa's foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in ...

Traditional plant stands seem to come in two styles: those mid-century-modern ones that stay low to the ground and fit just one big pot, and the more bookshelf-style bamboo units with a few ...

THE increasing replacement of the older teaching of a somewhat disjointed nature study by a more truly scientific course in ecology in schools and colleges has resulted in the need for text-books ...

She also notes there are different ground covers and evergreen plants that also flourish in the heat with little irrigation to help fill your garden and turn it into something unique. "In Texas, we ...

The most common species in homes is the snake plant (Dracaena trifasciata), a species native to tropical West Africa. The long sword-like leaves grow from the ground in rosettes and come in a ...