The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar hosts its annual hummingbird educational and shopping event to encourage an interest in ...

Vanilla flavoring is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The primary source, Vanilla planifolia, however, is ...

Barbara Chung fell in love with native plants, but she didn't have a yard. So she created a habitat garden in pots on her tiny townhouse patio in Santa Monica.

If you want a backyard full of sparrows and other songbirds, there are some native plants to help you create the exact kind of habitat they'd have in the wild.

Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync As global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical connections with flowers and crops.

My brother-in-law suggested that my husband and I start a containerized native plant nursery in 1994. Greetings, fellow plant lovers. I’m Cynthia Lafferty of Doak Creek Native Plant Nursery. The past ...

When native edible plants are planted together throughout neighborhoods and the city, it becomes a habitat for native wildlife.

In addition, Gino’s Native Nursery will be raffling off a $50 gift certificate. The article 'Native Plants, Thriving Habitats' Topic Of Newtown EAC Event appeared first on Newtown Patch.

It is divided into three parts, dealing with respectively, the most general conclusions of ecology relating to the habitat of plants, the minute structure of the plant and its adaptations to its ...