When the weather turns cool, my mind starts moving in another direction – toward my flowers. I make mental notes while driving to and from work. I look at other gardens as I walk our dog Max through ...

Question: Some of my perennial flower plants have become quite large. Is this a good time to divide them or move them to a different location? Answer: Many perennial flowers can be divided or moved to ...

In Teresa O’Connor’s flower garden in Boise, Idaho, one can find a variety of brilliant flowers, including aromatic English lavenders, bright pink apothecary roses and a sunburst of calendulas. These ...

Using high-speed infrared cameras and robotic flowers, scientists have learned how the hawkmoth juggles the complex sensing and control challenges of seeing in the dark, hovering in mid-air and ...

Q: I have exotic lilies in my garden. They grow 4 to 5 feet tall and have beautiful, yellow, scented flowers every year. They are about 4 years old. I want to move their location, but I don’t know ...

1. Conical cells in the petal epidermis are common across many diverse flowering plant species, and it was recently shown that in difficult-to-handle flowers, pollinators prefer conical cells because ...

It's difficult enough to see things in the dark, but what if you also had to hover in mid-air while tracking a flower moving in the wind? That's the challenge the hummingbird-sized hawkmoth (Manduca ...