Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Kalanchoe is a fairly large genus in the ...

Scientists are investigating how a Madagascan plant could be used to help produce crops in harsh environmental conditions. The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, ...

If you have little interest in garden design and just want to decorate your yard with plants that have exotic looks, you can do that by focusing entirely on two botanical genera: Euphorbia and ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec.1, 2017 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have identified a common set of genes that enable different drought-resistant plants to survive ...