To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can survive months ...

Dr. I. B. Pole Evans, the energetic Director of the Botanical Survey of South Africa, who is editing “The Flowering Plants of South Africa,” is to be congratulated on this new venture to bring ...

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African violets can be propagated any time of year, but the best time is during spring. You can grow your propagated African ...

A range of flowers will thrive in containers, even after the colder months if you follow this easy advice that takes minutes ...

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Like many other hybrid plants, African blue basil is sterile, which helps to explain its extravagant flowering; when a plant does not form seeds, there is more energy to devote purely to flowering.