Plant your Green Giant in suitable conditions ... 20°F and some snow and ice but it is not as winter-hardy as Emerald Green arborvitae, which is a better choice for a northern climate.

But one thing can ruin that vacation experience at your own house: Looky-loos and envious neighbors. If you're looking for a natural landscaping idea that will create privacy in your backyard, ...

Enter the ‘planting green’ concept. This strategy means corn or soybeans are planted directly into a growing cover crop (most often rye or wheat) without killing it first, explains Jenny Rees ...

If you follow all these steps carefully, the seed will slowly grow strong roots and a tall green stem with a big yellow flower at the top. If the seed doesn't get enough water or sunlight ...

Planting wildflowers will bring benefits to your local bees and butterflies, as well as brightening up any area. You can also work with your local community, school or council to get permission to ...

An international research team has performed a techno-economic analysis to identify the optimal design and size of off-grid wind solar power plants intended for green hydrogen generation in ...

It can be disappointing to spend summer caring for tomato plants only for fruit to still be green as autumn approaches, but there is a simple way to extend their growing season. Tomatoes need to ...

But the biodiversity crisis isn’t just faunal, it’s floral too. Since the 1750s, at least 571 species of plants have gone extinct in the wild, according to a global survey recently published ...

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Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...