The former state flower, the Cherokee Rose, is an invasive species native to Southeast Asia, not Georgia. The new state flower, the Sweetbay Magnolia, is native to Georgia and supports local wildlife.

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The blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling the decaying finger of a buried giant pushes up from the earth until it towers ...

Visiting the Carlsbad Flower Fields in the spring is an annual tradition for many families, and this year they turned out in force for opening day, March 1. Some dressed in finery, families of all ...

Early spring is marked by deceptive and unpredictable weather, swinging from milder temperatures to flash freezes. "There are warm, almost hot days when you sit out on the steps lifting a pallid face ...

Montsechia’s origins in freshwater lakes challenge the idea that flowers evolved on land before moving into water. Bernard Gomez / Université Lyon, France Excavated in Virginia by a former Smithsonian ...

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While biologists have worried about how rare species of plants and animals will cope with a rapidly warming climate, one West Coast flower is giving them hope after showing a remarkable ability to ...

Death Valley has come alive. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A superbloom of wildflowers has painted the normally barren landscape ...

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Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. There's a reason the intensely blue orchid flowers ...