There are so many exciting iPhone tricks to discover once you start getting comfortable with Apple's handset. And most of them are built into the operating system, so you don't have to download an app ...

Achieving success in the ambitiously deliberate pursuit of finding and identifying wildflowers hinges on a single important concept based on a familiar but often misused word: “flower.” Straight to ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Taylor Jones with the Guilford County Cooperative Extension helps us Grow Like A Pro every Thursday on FOX8. This week, he’s doing something a little different: he’s got a ...

Grow a flowering quince shrub in growing zones 4 to 8. Make sure you have enough space for this shrub before you plant it; it can grow 6 to 10 feet high and nearly as wide. Known for its hardiness, ...

If you are looking for an easy way to identify the species of plants and flowers that doesn't involve reaching for a taxonomy book, then try your iPhone. You don't even need to purchase an app, ...

When you’re venturing in the woods or your own backyard vegetable garden, it’s likely that you’ll come across plants or flowers that you’re not aware of. While a traditional solution would be to get a ...

Q: We moved into our new home last year just after New Year’s. In the backyard, in a nicely sheltered southwest corner, there are two established shrubs. The shorter of the two is what I believe to be ...

Flowering shrubs are a great anchor for your landscaping, providing a backdrop for smaller, showy plants in the front—and filling in with the flowers when other parts of your landscaping go dormant.

Amorphoballus titanum: Described as the ‘world’s smelliest plant’ and the ‘corpse flower’, titan arum's population has been ...

Kress, W. John, Wurdack, Kenneth J., Zimmer, Elizabeth Anne, Weigt, Lee A., and Janzen, Daniel H. 2005. "Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants ...

I’ve pruned a lot of plants in my time as a gardener. Some I had to tackle from atop a wobbly ladder, and at least once I had to take shears with me in a cherry picker, to confront a rather ...