Choosing the right plant for your garden.
Researchers have discovered that some flowering plants draw bats to themselves by harnessing sound which creates an echo and helps the nocturnal fliers get to the plants. The research was carried out …
Botanists John Proctor and Rick McNeill of White River National Forest Service have started a campaign to bring back native plant species to the national forest. Factors such as deforestation, forest …
The art of watering indoor plants is very much different from watering garden plants or outdoor plants. In essence, watering indoor plants may be a smaller task, but it is more time consuming as it is…
Police in Newport, New Hampshire, confirmed that they have uprooted more than five dozen pot plants which were growing in wooded areas. Police received a tip about a marijuana growing operation in the…
There are plants which use means to attract nectar sucking bats. A research team at the University of Ulm, Germany has investigated and found that these plants generate an "echo beacon" whic…
Garden plants which may look normal now may turn invasive later as they grow and spread. Plants like fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) are found everywhere in Southern California these days. Most o…
According to an article published in a Science journal, some researchers have evolved a plant that has the ability to attract bats. This plant, Marcgravia evenia, which has acoustically shaped leaves,…
According to Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Prairie Island nuclear plant is ready to take control during emergency. The plant was inspected after March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and it was …
You've pulled out all the weeds, put in the wood deck, and added some cushy lawn furnishings, but something is missing from your backyard paradise. You want to add an outdoor kitchen and BBQ. It…
Bonsai comes from two words-'Bon' and 'Sai'. The word 'Bon' means tray and 'Sai' means growing or planting. The two words thus put together means tray growing or tray p…