It’s a glorious autumn this year, partly due to the exceptionally warm summer we’ve just enjoyed and some mellow autumnal ...

Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Clinical Medical College, North Sichuan Medical College, Beijing Anzhen Nanchong Hospital, Capital Medical University & Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, ...

I’m sitting on a Persian-carpeted veranda in the loveliest of west Dorset gardens admiring our picnic lunch: huge platters of asparagus, overfilled sandwiches and seriously good Scotch eggs. We have ...

Cardiocrinum giganteum bulbs are rich in starch and natural compounds that benefit health. To better utilize the bulb starch of C. giganteum as an edible resource, understanding of the kinetics of ...

School of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China. Leaves are critical for plant growth and are directly exposed to the air environment. Stomata are the pores on the surface of ...

Peter Gibbs hosts this week's horticultural panel show. Joining him from their homes to answer gardening questions are Humaira Ikram, James Wong and Matt Biggs. This week, the panellists discuss leggy ...

1 Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2 Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on ...

Let’s just call this column “When Bruce Met Jerry.” Bruce, in this case, is accountant Bruce Wakefield, and Jerry is lawyer Jerry Grossnickle. And when the two of them got together, the result was ...

Scarlet beetles (6mm - 8mm long) with black heads eat the leaves, flowers and seedpods of lilies and other members of the lily family. Don't mistake them for ladybirds. Between April and September the ...

After 12 years of waiting, eight giant Himalayan lilies, Cardiocrinum giganteum, are in full bloom at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden. The horticulturists' hard work has been rewarded with ...

Q: The giant Himalayan lily I planted several years ago finally bloomed this summer. I heard they die after blooming. Is there a way to keep it going, or is it toast? A: The giant Himalayan lily ...

Q: After waiting for 5 years, my Cardiocrinum giganteum finally bloomed, and it was magnificent. Do they always die after blooming? A: There are few, if any, plants more impressive than the giant ...