The scientific name of the coconut is Cocos nucifera. This specific epithet, “nucifera,” means “nut-bearing” in Latin, aptly ...

Learning when to plant paperwhites is the first step to growing these elegant flowers. But the tasks that follow are just as ...

To prevent the next crop, it’s important to remove the weeds before they flower and eliminate their ability ... about weeds ...

Mt. Cuba has been sharing the results of its horticultural trials since 2003. It chooses popular and widely available species ...

Christmas and other holiday cactuses are classic houseplants that, when given the right care, can live for generations. Lucky ...

Planting them by November will ensure that your bulbs have enough time to shoot and establish roots before the ground freezes ...

Fall is the perfect season to identify and remove problem plants ... semi-woody stem. The flowers appear in late summer as ...

as they eliminate the need to identify and remove male plants. Autoflower seeds are a game-changer for novice growers. These ...

Sometimes invasive plant species can be devilishly hard to identify ... non-native white mulberry (Morus alba). It was sort of “hiding in plain sight” because I could not see any of the irregularly ...

Alluring, like sirens, some vicious weeds produce beautiful flowers in calming purple hues. Here are the problematic blossoms ...