It's been a while, but we still miss zauschneria. The plant is still with us, blooming right now to enliven late summer, but the name is obsolete. Some call it California fuchsia, but it isn't much ...

While our daily interactions with our plants are limited, every proud plant parent knows that our leafy babies are more than just decorations. Not only can plants improve your health, but they often ...

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Passiflora incarnata, Nymphaea odorata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Asclepius incarnata! Sounds like spells from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, doesn’t it? While these words could come ...

Learning to identify plants as a new houseplant parent can be intimidating. At first, they all kind of look the same (green and leafy), but after a while, you start to recognize differences: leaf ...

Being able to identify plants and flowers takes time, says Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center nursery manager Scott Smith. For eight months he threw himself into the learning process, ...

If you've collected your fair share of plants over the years (or past few months), it's safe to say you've committed to being a plant parent — congratulations! Being a green mom or dad is awesome, and ...

What's in a name? I've found that the single most mind boggling aspect of gardening to the general public is the complicated names given to plants. People often ask me 'How do you remember all those ...

Most plants have fairly pleasant names, such as love-in-a-mist, moonflower, glory-of-the-snow, and sweet william. Then there are those with such disgusting or horrid names – bladder fumitory comes to ...

The scientific names of plants are often mysterious. There are some that describe a particular aspect of the plant itself, others that honor either the discoverer of the plant or some other worthy ...

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