Watch how a California poppy flower plant was growing from a seed to blossoms. A poppy seed was randomly chosen from a sunset ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, ...

This winter, a new bagel spot opened thrillingly close to my apartment, and seemed to target my particular tastes. Gertie, ...

Like me, you might be happy to keep bird feeders bursting with sunflower and Nyjer seeds so the beautiful and sometimes hilarious finches, towhees and jays keep gracing your yard. Seeds are, after all ...

Yards that include mature trees and native plants are critical rest stops for the millions of birds that migrate through the ...

The German term "hugelkultur" describes a technique that involves creating a raised bed by using a base of decaying wood and other organic materials.

Few additions to the garden deliver a more natural, joyous appearance than a sweeping patch of wildflowers. They are the ...

Somewhere in the mid­dle of all that, Poppy finished Empty Hands — her most propulsive record yet, which distills the emotional voltage, sharp edges and mischievous playfulness of her entire career ...

For the past 6,000 years, humans have cultivated poppy flowers, including Papaver somniferum, which is one of several species of poppies. They have been at the center of tales both good and bad and ...

The home-grow boom is not a passing trend. It is a clear sign that cannabis consumers want more ownership, more clarity and more control over what they put in their bodies. According to a 2025 Harris ...

Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat leaves from the milkweed genus, Asclepias spp., so it’s critical for those butterflies that we try to grow as many of these plants as we can. Collecting ...