A California native perennial herb that grows primarily in the Central Coast region. A member of the Aster plant family ...

Learn when to prune a butterfly bush to promote healthy growth and vibrant blooms. This guide covers optimal pruning times ...

The anticipation of cheerful spring bulbs can keep the gardener going through the dull winter months. John Hoyland advises on ...

The spillover of non-native honey bees is thought to have a negative impact on pollination function of plant species. Here, Wang et al. reveal that honey bees can enhance the pollination function ...

A dwarf perennial with erect, branched stems and spiny, highly divided dark green leaves. Flowering in summer, it has abundant small thimble shaped flower-heads with spiky blue bracts which can also ...

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager shared an emotional moment together during the fourth hour of Today after Kotb announced that she will be leaving NBC within the next year. The Today hosts could not ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf ...

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

(Sept. 26, 2024) Native plants and I go way back. For decades I have been writing about and advocating for planting natives in the landscape for their beauty, easy care and important role in our ...

It comes in at around 1.9 times the mass of Earth, orbiting its star at around twice Earth's distance from the Sun… but that star is a white dwarf, which means any life that might have been on the ...

It may be time for fertilizer. “Plants get their food from photosynthesis, but they need some other micronutrients and macronutrients that are critical in creating enzymes, regulating water ...

Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 ...