Can plants grow without sunlight? This question, which might have once seemed like the realm of science fiction, is now a challenge researchers are tackling through electro-agriculture. This ...

In order to genetically engineer acetate-eating plants, the researchers are taking advantage of a metabolic pathway that germinating plants use to break down food stored in their seeds. (Photo by Feng ...

Sunlight and water are integral to maintain a healthy garden, but some plants require different amounts of light. Plants that need full sun conditions require at least six hours of direct sunlight a ...

Basil plant not growing as you hoped it would? Select pots and planters carefully for a healthier and more abundant yield.

Plants are consummate chemists, using the sun's energy and carbon dioxide from the air, to conjure a dazzling array of complex natural products in ways that cannot be replicated synthetically in the ...

As time passes, I have come to regard the African bush daisy (Euryops pectinatus) as an ornamental plant that no Southern California garden should be without – and not only because it’s one of my wife ...