Plant Profiles & Stories

Reading Iris Readiness Cues: When to Divide, Cut, and Display

Reading Iris Readiness Cues: When to Divide, Cu...

Recognize readiness cues in bearded, Siberian, and Japanese irises. Know when to divide rhizomes, cut flowers, deadhead, and replant for healthier blooms.

Reading Iris Readiness Cues: When to Divide, Cu...

Recognize readiness cues in bearded, Siberian, and Japanese irises. Know when to divide rhizomes, cut flowers, deadhead, and replant for healthier blooms.

How Carnivorous Plants Trap Prey: The Chemistry and the Evidence

How Carnivorous Plants Trap Prey: The Chemistry...

Understand the real chemistry behind carnivorous plant traps, from lures and mucilage to digestive enzymes, and learn which claims the evidence supports and which growing conditions matter.

How Carnivorous Plants Trap Prey: The Chemistry...

Understand the real chemistry behind carnivorous plant traps, from lures and mucilage to digestive enzymes, and learn which claims the evidence supports and which growing conditions matter.

Haworthia Variegation and Pigmentation: Reading Color as a Record of Growth

Haworthia Variegation and Pigmentation: Reading...

Learn how haworthia variegation and pigmentation differ, how leaf position records plant history, and how to group plants and track changes for better selection and display.

Haworthia Variegation and Pigmentation: Reading...

Learn how haworthia variegation and pigmentation differ, how leaf position records plant history, and how to group plants and track changes for better selection and display.

Cherry Blossoms and Epiphytes: Deciding Where a Display Goes Next

Cherry Blossoms and Epiphytes: Deciding Where a...

Epiphytes on cherry trees: identify lichen and moss, mount an ornamental orchid on dried cherry wood, and read new root growth to decide whether to enjoy, adjust or remount the...

Cherry Blossoms and Epiphytes: Deciding Where a...

Epiphytes on cherry trees: identify lichen and moss, mount an ornamental orchid on dried cherry wood, and read new root growth to decide whether to enjoy, adjust or remount the...

How Poppies Turn Light Into Flowers: A Closer Look at Photosynthesis

How Poppies Turn Light Into Flowers: A Closer L...

Learn how photosynthesis shapes what poppies do, how to use light, water and spacing to grow better blooms, and how a simple light log deepens the hobby.

How Poppies Turn Light Into Flowers: A Closer L...

Learn how photosynthesis shapes what poppies do, how to use light, water and spacing to grow better blooms, and how a simple light log deepens the hobby.

Cherry Blossoms and Habitat Adaptation: Recognizing Normal Variation Before You Change Course

Cherry Blossoms and Habitat Adaptation: Recogni...

Learn how cherry blossom cultivars and site conditions produce normal variation in flowering, foliage and growth, and when a growing plan actually needs changing.

Cherry Blossoms and Habitat Adaptation: Recogni...

Learn how cherry blossom cultivars and site conditions produce normal variation in flowering, foliage and growth, and when a growing plan actually needs changing.