Amaryllis flowers are some of the most striking there are. They add punchy color to any room or flower bed, and their unique silhouette acts as a statement focal point in a modern setting. They're ...

Calycanthus floridus, commonly known as sweetshrub or Carolina allspice, is an unusual plant native to North America. Not ...

There are not many flowers to see this time of year, and certainly not those of woody plants. There are a few: you may know of Cornelian cherry with its very early yellow flowers, and then there a few ...

Looking to mix it up this year? Try growing some of these unique plants, no matter the size of your space. The warmer months bring us lush greenery and bright blossoms, but some of us don't have quite ...

Scientists have discovered a unique fossil that does not match any known species of flowering plants, an advance that sheds more light on the planet’s ancient diversity. Researchers first spotted the ...

It was just another weekend walk through a Kentucky park with her children when Alicia Bosela spotted a spider lily growing in the ground. To the untrained eye, that’s a pretty flower. To a botanist ...

April showers are supposed to encourage flowers in May. Here in Hawaii, we can enjoy flowers year-round but this spring might be a good time to plant a flowering plant with unusual and striking ...

The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. The first thing that drew me to the corpse flower was its unusual name.

Melisa Hanson’s business, Baby Mama Botanicals, is unique on many levels. She single-handedly grows and tends 12,000 plants each year in the half-acre yard that surrounds her Milwaukee home, in her ...

What is a Venus fly trap? The Venus fly trap is a carnivorous plant that is native to North and South Carolina. The plant gets its name from its ability to trap and eat flies and other small insects.