Are you hoping for some hummingbird sightings this spring? Here's a lovely plant you can grow that will have them flocking to ...

Eucomis bulbs are a beautiful plant with vibrant flowers. Make sure you plant them at the right time so you can enjoy their ...

Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden ...

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What’s new: New trees include a concolor fir, a blue China fir, a Japanese snowbell tree and a magnolia tree. This spring, ...

Imagine a field of solar panels floating silently in the endless day of Earth’s orbit. Unlike their terrestrial cousins, this space-based solar array never faces nighttime, clouds, or ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright ...

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, which are critical to tropical ecosystems Ella Jeffries Staff ...

Heliconia plants are famed for their flowers, which come in a variety of vivid hues, including intense yellows, fiery oranges and rosy reds. Their reproductive structures are composed of waxy ...

This study is a considerable step forward in plant genomics, demonstrating how such insights can be translated into tactics to improve crop diversity, resilience and sustainability. By integrating ...

Stellaris “is the first QI stellarator-based power plant design that simultaneously meets all major physics and engineering constraints, as demonstrated through electromagnetic, structural, thermal, ...