Unusual, vibrant, and one of the best flowering shrubs for a sun-soaked border, the unmistakable bottlebrush is something of an attention-seeker in the plant world. Belonging to the Callistemon ...

Like many indoor-plant owners, my irrigation setup includes both an ancient watering can and a spray mister that, until recently, I’d wander around the apartment with on a Sunday morning vaguely ...

Every bite an herbivore takes comes at the expense of a plant. Are plants passive victims or do they actively resist these attacks? Some plants avoid herbivory by decreasing their apparency or ...

Jane admires an unusual African cycad in the garden she’s exploring, but says Australia is home to just as many strange plants – including the One-sided Bottlebrush. FEATURES Unusual red ...

Victorian floriography - the practice of assigning codes to flowers to send messages via bouquets and arrangements, also called the language of flowers - associates basil with hatred. This link comes ...

This means the positioning of furniture and even indoor plants matter when creating a flow of harmony that matches the natural order of the world. And according to feng shui experts, there are ...

Has your child’s lunch box has taken on the bouquet of week-old tuna ... Give them a good scrubbing with a bottle brush, then ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

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It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make other useful substances, such as cellulose found in the ...