Researchers have captured time-lapse videos of stem cells dividing in growing plant roots. By watching how the cells divide in response to certain chemical signals over time, the team is uncovering ...

What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be carefully coordinated—but until now, it has been hard to compare findings from ...

A step-by-step guide to expand your succulent collection from pups, stem cuttings, and seeds. Propagating an aloe vera plant is a rewarding (and free!) way to get even more plants to love or share ...

A team of scientists from Monash University has identified a single gene in a land plant that could help explain how plants ...

Plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, using a fern model. The discovery ...

“Temperature sensing is one of the last open questions in biology,” said Philip Wigge, a plant biologist at the University of Potsdam who was not involved in the study. “Plants turn out to be a really ...

Question: We have recently started planting daylilies, and as the name suggests, the blooms only last a day. How long do the plants keep producing new buds and when can they be divided? Answer: ...