It's such a rewarding experience to watch a plant grow from a tiny sprout, and seed germination is arguably one of the most critical stages of growth. The goal is to transform your seeds into strong ...

For years, some home gardeners have sworn by the use of Epsom salt to keep certain plants healthy. Its key ingredient, magnesium sulfate, may help provide certain plants with these nutrients. However, ...

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xuncheng from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently published a study in the journal Plant Communications that sheds new ...

As a gardener, one of the most gratifying things you can do is grow your plants from seed. Watching the process of starting green, new life from first germination to harvest is like being witness to a ...

Q: My Empress Wu hosta has seed pods on the flower stems (see reader's photo). I would like to plant some of the seeds just to see if I can get them to germinate. I realize that the Empress Wu is most ...