Like most gardeners, I have favorite plants I’ve been growing for years and will continue to grow, like fragrant and tasty Big Boy tomatoes, wide Romano-type Italian flat beans, climbing zucchini and ...

For nearly 50 years, researchers from the U.S. National Park System hadn’t found any new plants—but that changed with the discovery of a fuzzy sunflower. After a chance sighting in 2024, the “wooly ...

For the first time in nearly 50 years, a brand new genus and species of plant has been discovered in a U.S. national park. Now dubbed the wooly devil (Ovicula biradiata) for its fuzzy white foliage ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...