Create glorious winter pots to brighten up the darkest days - Experts offer tips on the best plants for a winter display.

We round up the best low-maintenance garden and houseplants to grow, with tips on how to care for them and where to position ...

'Mulberry trees need full sun exposure of at least six to eight hours a day,' says Tammy Sons, horticulturist and CEO of TN ...

In this article, we'll walk through the basics of plant classification in an easy-to-understand way. You'll learn the key ...

Pears are ornamental trees, bearing attractive spring blossom and gorgeous autumn colour, with the addition of delicious home-grown pears. Grow pears in moist but free-draining soil in full-sun to ...

Gliese 229B, the first known brown dwarf star, was first observed in 1995. Brown dwarfs, or "brown dwarves," if you're into J.R.R. Tolkien, are substellar objects with higher mass than the largest ...

In 1995, Caltech researchers at the Institute's Palomar Observatory first observed what appeared to be a brown dwarf orbiting Gliese 229 – a red dwarf star located about 19 light-years from Earth.

"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf, and now we know we were wrong all along about the nature of the object. It's not one but two." A well-studied cosmic object has stunned ...

Dwarf cultivar 'Seiju' is ideal. Camellia, the flowering shrub that Hilary Farr loves ... For a Mediterranean feel, consider the common olive (Olea europaea), an ornamental fruit tree with textured ...

It's a Treehugger's dream come true. Leafsnap is a free app that identifies plant species of all kinds, from flowers and bark to fruit and trees. Go for a walk, take a shot of a leaf, and this ...

ornamental trees. This way, you won’t have to worry about their canopies conflicting with powerlines. The front yard is also the perfect spot for establishing a specimen tree as a focal point — a ...