Nightshade is a family of plants that includes tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, and peppers. Tobacco is also in the nightshade family. Nightshades are unique because they contain small amounts of ...

Such is the case with the mint family (Lamiaceae). If you come across a minty fragranced plant in your yard, you can be pretty sure it belongs to the mint family. In fact, there's an easy trick to ...

Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.

Some plants don't make good neighbors for cucumbers. We'll tell you which fruits, herbs, and vegetables should not be planted ...

Many plants, and a few other organisms, can expedite diversification even further by doubling their number of chromosomes.

Here, I reveal five plants with thorns and spines to avoid in family gardens, including some unusual native trees and shrubs. So, if you are wondering about the prickly shrubs and trees to avoid ...

Auxin is the first plant hormone—or "phytohormone"—ever identified, with its discovery dating to the late 19th and early 20th ...

a family that includes just one known species, Amborella trichopoda. Often described as a "living fossil," this small woody plant grows only on New Caledonia, a South Pacific island famous among ...

In late winter, simply cut stems back to where you can see new growth appearing. A wide family of plants with a range of heights and shapes, but most with ferny, silver foliage. Common wormwood ...