For years, botanists had assumed that a specific plant hormone called auxin was the primary driver determining branching and bud growth in plants. However, a research group from the University of ...

QUESTION: Our four banana plants were damaged by the cold winter. However, they have grown back, producing 13 new shoots. Can I transplant the new plants and keep the original four in the old spot?

To continue from last week's column, another way to propagate plants is through grafting by either buds or scion. This method is used to create a new tree or shrub. Since this is a different form of ...

Bud dormancy is an essential adaptive mechanism that allows perennial plants to survive adverse environmental conditions by temporarily suspending growth. This state is precisely controlled by complex ...

What is it that adorns this tree? Is it a fruit? Is it a flower? Often, it’s a promise. That’s what buds are: promises of next year’s leaves and blooms. “Most trees and shrubs in our region form their ...

Soon, trees and shrubs in every neighborhood will be opening their buds to unfurl their new leaves. As plants emerge from winter dormancy, they are coming into their superpower, like the first time an ...