Can you revive woody lavender plants? If you left yours to its own devices over the winter months, that's likely the question ...

Foraging a few stems from flowering trees and shrubs is a wonderful way to bring spring indoors when dismal weather curtails ...

Peppermint has a minty aroma that helps in keeping the mosquitos away. You can also keep its leaves crushed in a pot for a ...

Among the scenic locations on campus more than 300 species and varieties of woody plants have been planted throughout the history of the college. A large portion of this diversity was gathered and ...

The outer bark is what we see. It protects the tree from animals and the weather. It is constantly renewed from the inner bark (phloem), which carries food from the leaves to the ...

Fine roots are the most permeable portion of a root system, and are thought to have the greatest ability to absorb water, particularly in herbaceous (i.e., non-woody) plants (McCully 1999).

This has effects on both biodiversity and richness range size. In a warmer climate, woody plant species dominate: "Today, we see that plant diversity declines due to the migration of trees and ...

A shoot is cut from a woody plant. The end of the shoot is cut under water to ensure that the xylem remains water-filled and prevents air locks. The potometer is lowered into the water.