As gardens fade and the days darken, it’s tempting to forget about what’s going on outdoors until early spring when ...

Update: You can watch the massive plant bloom and wither away in a 30-second time lapse video. Syracuse, N.Y. – After nearly five years of waiting, the first “corpse flower” bloomed this week in the ...

A recent surprise in my garden was the first appearance of a striking blossom that I had not seen previously and did not expect. It is featured among today’s images. The blossom was from a plant ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The bloom of the first “corpse flower” at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was five years in the making, and lasted a little over two days. And now you can watch it ...

Once upon a time on Earth, there was a first flower. Nature provides plenty of cues to help us imagine what the planet looked like 250 million years ago. But we lack concrete evidence in order to ...

A rare corpse flower, which only blooms after many years and smells like rotting flesh, has finally bloomed for the first time in nearly a decade at Wheaton College, the greenhouse director said ...

A flower with an exotic but misleading name, which was once declining, is now blooming across Cumbria with pockets spotted across the fells. Grass-of-Parnassus is the county flower seen on the ...

A corpse flower is ready to bloom again at the Huntington in San Marino. Here is how it looked Wednesday. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) In the mysterious world of plants at the Huntington, ...

When bees collect nectar, how do they hold onto the flower? Scientists have s now shown that it is down to small cone-shaped cells on the petals that act like Velcro on the bees' feet. When bees ...

Flower Parts: Flowers are one of the most beautiful creations of nature. They are not just pretty to look at, but also play a significant role in the process of reproduction in plants. Every flower, ...

A recent surprise in my garden was the first appearance of a striking blossom that I had not seen previously and did not expect. The blossom was from a plant called the pineapple mountain (Ochagavia ...