Q: My son gave me a plant called evening primrose this past spring. He got it from a neighbor. It blooms yellow over about 6 weeks, but each flower only lasts one evening and then dies. Hummingbird ...

For the past several weeks, family members and friends have gathered at the home of Mary Stutz every evening to watch an unattractive, strangling place transform into a thing of beauty. The plant, an ...

Just as each month has its own assigned astrological signs, specific flowers are associated with every month of the year. These designated blooms, known as birth flowers, embody the character traits ...

Israeli scientists at Tel Aviv University say they have found a flower that hears the approach of pollinating bees and hawk-moths and produces extra and sweeter nectar in response. Using the evening ...

On Aug. 18, I was slowly cruising an Ottawa County rural lane bordering Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge encompasses about 7,000 acres along the shore of Lake Erie, east of Toledo. Birds ...

Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the common primrose flower (Primula vulgaris), first noted as important by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago ...

So much of how we identify ourselves in this world is connected to when we're born. From our zodiac sign to the birthstone jewelry we wear, these symbols of who we are show up all around us—in the ...

Driving along Texas roads in the spring can be classified as nothing short of extraordinary as the roadsides are adorned with wildflowers that have splashes of color ranging from blue to pink to ...