Browsing: Botany

Where have the botanists in the kitchen been? In our writing rooms, working on other ways to bring you this…

We’ve thrown a lot of Fling information at you during the past few months (and years 😉 ), and it…

In 2020-21, who didn’t miss seeing friends and extended family, or dream of being able to celebrate with them again? Because outdoors is the…

Thanks to Grace at DBG and PlantSelect.If you know anyone new to this, which is basically essential in rock gardening…

 As many of TPP’s reader know Magnolia’s and nagnoliid flowers are a great favorite.  The collection  includes two species of…

If you’re looking for magic in your life, look no further than vegetative propagation. Take a snip off a shrub,…

Both caterpillars and adult moths are physically adapted to living within the slippery interior of the pitcher walls. Microscopic analyses…

True Blue Flowers at the allotment /part 1You know I love blue flowers, but you might have not noticed how…

Wallflower is a plant we used to see in cottage gardens a generation ago, bringing a splash of yellow and…

Bats are important pollinators in the tropics. Queen of the night, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, bat-pollinated cactus of the American tropics, now grown…

If you’ve visited Winterbourne recently and wandered through the lean-to glasshouse, you’ll no doubt have found yourself marvelling at the…

Our best attempt at a selfie, however I also think this photo captures our current spontaneityWhen last I checked in,…

Garden Calendars for Southern CaliforniaSeasonal plants_planting schedule.pdfYearly Planting Guide Monthly Gardening Guide for Southern California and Similar Climates – EtsyPosts…

I am happy to announce that I will co-author a two-volume monograph dedicated to the carnivorous plant genus Heliamphora, the…

How many of Britain’s endemic plants have you seen, or even heard of? These are the plants which grow only…

“A mat of long, thin filaments that connect an estimated 90 per cent of land plants” (Nakaya 2018)Welcome to the wood-wide…

In a garden setting, a successful groundcover is a plant that is durable and adaptable, spreads readily, and fills in…

For sale in Australia perennial vegetables, heirloom vegetable seeds, edible herb plants, organic berry plants, and a few non-edible plants…

Interested in a career in horticulture, gardening, forestry or landscape architecture? UBC Botanical Garden’s Horticulture Training Program (HTP) is the…

Inspiring Events and Garden ToursSocieties organize a rich calendar of activities that inspire creativity and broaden horticultural horizons. Members enjoy…

Back in 2020 Juniper wrote a post, 7 Plants You’ll Be Seeing More Of As Model Species. A model plant…

By Justin Garwood, Mike van Hattem, Tony LaBanca, Ken Lindke, Gordon Leppig, and Michael Kauffmann A BIOGEOGRAPHIC CROSSROADS High in…

pnwbotany:🌿 Pectiantia breweri 🌸 Brewer’s mitrewort 🍃 Saxifragaceae 🌺 [Disclaimer: The content in this RSS feed is automatically fetched from…

And then I caught a cold, so there went another week. This year I seem to be catching every single…

Angiosperms form the most dominant group of plants with at least 253,300 species (Thorne, 2007). Angiosperms are also found in…

If you are looking for more current information and photos about New York’s flora, check out our Facebook or Instagram…

The Lost and Found Fungi (LAFF) project have been travelling the country, teaching fungal enthusiasts DNA barcoding… With attention to…

March Hares in front of Wisley’s Glasshouse. Dancing Hares bronze sculpture by Sophie Ryder. © Karen Andrews In early March,…

The New York Botanical Garden is a museum of plants, an educational institution, and a scientific research organization in the…

A bit of ‘cheating’ here as I relocated my bryophyte specimens from my first venture into bryology back in 2006…

The Alcazar de los Reyes Christianos (Alcazar of the Christian Kings) blends the formality of royal palace gardens with the…

Tweet At 2700 m above sea-level on the northern slopes of an un-named mountain. This elfin forest is very humid…

 MICHELIA CHAMPACA L.Systematic Position:  Division: Phanerogams     Sub-div.: Angiosperms         Class: Dicotyledons              Sub-class: Polypetalae                    Series: Thalamiflorae                        Order:…

Hymenocallis is a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. Containing over 60 species, they are native to the…

 On Monday 2nd January at 11am and until 1pm there will be a 5k fun run around the paths of…

Enchanter’s-Nightshade, Circaea alpina (Onagraceae). 🌸🍀 Circaea is named after the Greek Goddess Circe, an enchantress. Interestingly, though the specific epithet…

Photo by Scott Ruether, CC BY 2.0 When making up alien creatures, imagination has no bounds. Alien characters in sci-fi stories…

Looking out at the ocean from the balcony of a Celebrity cruise shipWe took a cruise this month, and we…

Head over to our site Gather and Sow for the March 2026 newsletter. “Light Iris” by Georgia O’Keefe (1924). You…

Opening Night: Thursday, June 234:30 to 5:30 pm: Stop by our table in the Concourse Hotel lobby, to pick up…

Our back yard transformation began with the demolition of our +30-year-old cedar shed and construction of a big, beautiful new Urban…

 Santa Fe Botanic emailed me recently and asked how to define and categorize some plants into their database, which I…

Any way you want to slice it our gardens are suffering through a drought. Areas that would be called “lawn”…

I had a mild panic attack the first time I bought a washing machine. I was twenty-eight and a housemate…

At this point, it should be obvious that for this species to persist, its habitat needs to be maintain via…

Puccinia urticata on Urtica dioicaIt’s hard to walk by banks covered in common nettle without noticing this fiery and gruesome…

This week’s plant will be familiar to anyone who has a garden with a herbaceous border. We are at a…

They are beautiful flowers Fuchsia magellanica flowersFuchsias are a group of some 105 species, native mostly to South America, in the…

If you were the vicar of a rural parish in the early 20th century, what would you get up to?…

 Amos crossing a bridge on the Chuck Keiper TrailWhat a joy it was to walk, simply walk, following a singular…

Bird (male House Finch) flapping wings to startle insects out of the flowers of an Australian Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata) Iris…

Hello all,Long time no see ;-)On February 2025, I had the chance to climb the fabled Mount Roraima in Venezuela to explore…

For the last three years, we have launched our autumn membership special offer by saying that ‘in a rapidly changing world, our…

Allan Trott’s (mistake-free?) knot garden at Ashburton in Aotearoa/New ZealandWhen I asked my wife what she thought of my most…

Prunella vulgaris can be found all over the place. It has also been used to treat just about everything. What…

You should make kombucha (чайный гриб or chayniy grib) at home to drink and for your children to drink.  It is…

  March is a tricky month for predicting flowers. The weather prognosticators have gotten a little better over the years, but predicting more…

The Tropical Stream Garden transports you into a tropical rainforest with a gurgling stream. The towering palms, banyans, bananas, and…

Today we celebrate Dydd Gŵyl Dewi, though the day of the second most famous Welsh saint is actually tomorrow. It’s…

California Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species Review by Brett Hall California’s native trees have always invited curiosity.…

pnwbotany:🌿 Large-leaved Avens 🌸 Geum Macropyllum 🍃 Rosaceae 🌺 look at those stamens!! So cool. 🌼 [Disclaimer: The content in…

Jayyvon isn’t doing anything bizarre that needs explanation like 1332 Alexis Gabrielle Sherrington or 1715 Tyler Linoleum; I’m giving him…

Economic aspects of applied anatomy: Economic Aspects of Applied Anatomy There Are Occasions When Herbarium Botanists Find That It Is…

This winter has been the perfect testament to the climate change our state (and the whole planet) is experiencing. In…

The aim of my PhD is to identify which ornamental plants might become invasive in the future, possibly as a…

Wild Daffodils, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, in West Woods, near Marlborough, Wiltshire. © Karen Andrews It’s a pleasure to see Wild Daffodils.…

“Do plants feel?” This is one of many questions that Indian scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose posed. Bose, today’s featured Google…

Stopped off at Orton on the way up to see Crepis praemorsa at its only UK site, quite a few…

This lovely garden just outside the small coastal town of Landevennec in northern Brittany  is absolutely full of surprises at…

Preparing to leave for a new campsite with all of our gear and supplies Exploring remote and little known parts…

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Prosthechea brassavolae is an orchid (Orchidaceae) in the subfamily Epidendroideae. This species is part of a multispecies group known…

A kingfisher perches quietly at the lower pond in the winter sunshine [Disclaimer: The content in this RSS feed is…

Pacific Coralroot, Corallorhiza mertensiana (Orchidaceae). 🌸A new orchid species for me! These were so PINK compared to other coralroots I’ve…

A liger at Jungle Island, Miami. Lions and tigers naturally live in different habitats and so rarely meet. If they do happen…

I’ve been busy with life this past holiday month, and have been working on some writing, including a new article…

A Seminole pumpkin in my garden near DC, a decade ago A Seminole pumpkin in a CSA box a decade…

2022 Madison Fling attendees at the UW-Madison ArboretumThanks for joining us! We love reading your posts about the Madison Fling,…

When visitors see our garden renovation, one of their first positive comments is about the gabion retaining walls. We agree. For high design…

Talks Kenton is Doing:Oct 28, (2025) UNLA: St George, UT, USA “Crevice Gardens”Jan 7 (2026) : Montana Green Expo: Billings,…

 The weather pattern seems to have changed to a hotter, wetter July.  At least for now the almost 3″ of…

Six very short stories about trees.  1. ‘So the tree rustles in the evening, when we stand uneasy before our…

It is a rare but special day when we can add a new plant to the relatively small list of…

True Blue Flowers at the allotment /part 2I’ve complained over and over about how I missed having the time to…

Here is another introduced species that has increased rapidly in the last 20 years. It’s a creeping bramble coming from…

Diving into the history of plants frequently shows me crafts and professions that I knew little about and that are…

It’s not often that I drive around with a car full of silverware, but that’s exactly what happened last September…

 Hiking the Bridge Trail in the Quehanna Wild AreaI shared an update just a couple of weeks ago, but it…

Check out this Google Street View of the Madagascar Section. [Disclaimer: The content in this RSS feed is automatically fetched…

Available on my Etsy shop!Scientific illustrations prints of several Nepenthes species from Peninsular Malaysia: N. macfarlanei and the recently described…

Joni Cook at Dimminsdale LNR,LeicestershireImage courtesy of J. CookBSBI’s Strategy 2024-27 includes the goal of inspiring, building and supporting a…

Advance copies of my new book, Three Worlds Oak, can now be ordered through the publisher in the UK and…

When garden plants go weedy, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve escaped the boundaries of our yards and invaded nearby natural…

Around November/December I divided and transplanted my staghorn sporelings (Platycerium superbum) and wrote a blog post about these staghorn sporelings.  I…

Botanical gardens are often celebrated for their beauty, and they also serve as important centers for scientific research. At the…

For gardeners, the annual Orchid Show isn’t just a seasonal spectacle—it’s an inspirational classroom and a celebration of nature’s endless…

Plant Hunt is a game of memory. The goal is to match all the cards in the shortest number of…

The nomination of Steve Pearce for BLM Director and the urgent need for Congressional defense An ongoing series, produced by…

usgsbiml:Parasite.  Nest parasite to be exact.  Formerly in the genus Psithyrus, these bees are now in the genus Bombus, with the…

One: the article I mentioned writing last year for the Old Farmer’s Almanac Garden Guide is out; print copies have…