The best plant identification apps satisfy our natural curiosity for the world we inhabit. The need to know which plant is which is something that dates back to mankind's early ancestors, when even ...

The freshly minted vice president of horticulture and collections at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Scott McMahan has the ambling, laid-back vibe of Gary Cooper, speaking in a patois incorporating ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The plant world is rife with people’s names, but most of us don’t know who they were or how their names ended up defining plants. Many of our native plants ...

Carpenteria californica ‘Elizabeth’ was named after Elizabeth McClintock, who worked at the California Academy of Sciences. It’s one of our showiest natives and looks beautiful in bloom. (Photo by ...

A new children’s trail has been launched to inspire young explorers and nurture a love of plants. Located at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, the trail is inspired by veteran plant explorer Roy ...