It is just very difficult for new plants to compete with tree roots, especially in the shade. Add organic matter to the ...

Q. Do you recommend rock garden plants? We were in West Seattle and the rock retaining walls seem to be filled with bright, low-growing flowers. I was told that rock garden plants are perennial ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

For the first time, high-resolution time-lapse videos of tiny bits of living plants show how they assemble their protective cell walls, researchers report March 21 in Science Advances. The image ...

In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls allow plants to have rigid structures as varied as wood trunks and ...

Calling all shutterbugs! Grow your craft and connect with neighbors at the Flatirons Photo Club. Meeting on the second Thursday of the month, each session includes guidance on a different topic led by ...

revealing surprising new details about how plant cell walls are built. The study, led by Rutgers University–New Brunswick, provides an unprecedented look into the behavior of cellulose – the most ...

A fire hydrant that went viral on Sunday, April 13, for being inaccessible as its other end was facing a wall was finally repositioned after drawing flak when firefighters were not able to fully ...