BEN HAMMONTREE LIVES large in a small garden with an artist’s eye and a plantsman’s skill. Like many garden professionals, Hammontree spends his days tending established, sometimes grand landscapes ...

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Looking to create a natural boundary? A living fence offers an eco-friendly solution, enhancing garden beauty while ensuring privacy. Options range from the striking Limelight Hydrangea with its ...

In the misty peaks of the Dominican Republic, where cool air clings to the trees and biodiversity flourishes, lies one of the most threatened ecosystems in the Caribbean: the Tropical Montane Cloud ...

The Japanese Yew Pine is a tidy and sustainable small- to medium-sized evergreen conifer that does quite well in Santa Barbara. This low-maintenance, drought-tolerant tree naturally grows in shrub ...

The Podocarpus-El Cóndor Biosphere Reserve is located in the provinces of Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe. The reserve is characterized by native forests, páramos, and shrub and herbaceous vegetation. The ...

The plant is a Buddhist Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus). How big is the pot used to grow the plant? Potted plants need to be watered regularly so they do not dry out. The drying out of the roots can ...

Small Buffalo Syncerus sp. Skull from Kromdraai Unit P: (a) Front view, (b) Side view, (c) Top view of the frontlet KW 9463. (d) Reconstructed right-side view of the skull. Scale = 5 cm. In the ...

This plant is Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum). It is often confused with its relative, Talinum triangulare, commonly known as Water Leaf. However, the two plants can be differentiated via the ...

Quite a claim, you’ll agree. The fact that the great Afrocarpus gracilior, or African fern pine, stood in a shady section of Point Loma’s Wooded Area made that pronouncement even more remarkable. Tall ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have some Japanese yew shrubs that are a couple of years old that I planted ...

To get by in the waterlogged, low-nutrient soil of the Quebrada Chorro forest in western Panama, a species of tree fern repurposes its dead fronds, turning them into roots. The discovery “was ...