The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

Mother-in-law’s tongue is a succulent, stemless perennial with long, slightly twisted slender blades. The fibrous blades are ...

A new website is dedicated to sharing the story of a critically endangered native Nawaiian plant thought lost to history ...

Commonly referred to as the Swiss Cheese plant, monstera is known for large, heart-shaped, glossy green leaves with ...

Nearly half of Heliconia species—tropical plants vital to rainforest ecosystems—are at risk of extinction, according to new ...

The hui dedicated to its cultivation includes the NTBG, state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry ...

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden received two wins from a reader's choice competition. The zoo is now a top 10 zoo due to their ...

The genus Heliconia contains 187 species of tropical plants related to bananas ... Until now, little was known about Heliconia populations in the wild. Only a few Heliconia plants have undergone ...

I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these fascinating plants that seemed to defy the worst of abuse and still kept on growing, ...

In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest species die back in our ...