"Plants" Blogs & Blog Posts

Here's an enchanting timelapse of an Orbea Semota in bloom. The Orbea Semota is a star-shaped succulent that looks more like a sea creature than a plant, at least in this video. This plant is pretty mesmerizing to watch in bloom via a timelapse. R...

Barry Rice is an astronomy professor at Sierra Collage in Rocklin, California. He's also a passionate botanist with a penchant for carnivorous plants and maintains a fascinating FAQ on the topic. Along with dozens of questions about the lifecycles of...

Fairy circles are round patches of barren land often surrounded by grass. Various hypotheses have been suggested about what causes them, from gods and spirits to termites, unusual climate conditions, or self-organizing properties of plants. Previousl...

The Singaporean government promotes urban greening, with an up-to 50% subsidy for green rooftops to mitigate city heat.

WILDWOOD STATE PARK, N.Y. — Matt Borden, a plant pathologist, had walked less than 50 yards into the forest when he froze in place and looked skyward. He was standing in a thicket of beech trees in mid-July, but their leaves were almost all go...

We’re not the only ones struggling in this oppressively hot weather: Most common garden plants prefer temperatures ranging from 59°–86°F. In fact, they can start to show signs of heat stress when it’s 90°F or above for long periods of time.

These photographs of plants in exquisite detail were taken by Karl Blossfeldt, born in 1865. The photos were published in the 1920s and became associated with the avant-garde art movements of Weimar Germany. The plants in these gorgeous photos are so...