However, excessive water can lead to root rot, depriving your plant of essential nutrients and oxygen ... Look for tiny webs, ...

In the root, evidence that stem cells are maintained ... which often cannot divide. In both plants and animals, stem cell niches likely evolved as devices to match the location and proliferation ...

On the left, a young Arabidopsis plant ... root meristem, based on microscopy images. In the center of the root meristem, a small group of cells called the quiescent center (blue) are surrounded ...

Salk Institute scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the ...

Spring and summer are typically the best months for propagating a ZZ plant because this is when the plant is actively growing ...

Q: Why do some of my Christmas cactuses develop a woody stem that eventually rots and falls off? We don’t overwater them. A couple of them will develop the woody stems. I usually break them off, save ...

If you have noticed any pests on your plants, spray your succulents liberally with an organic soap or neem oil spray in the ...

Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they're ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of ...

Posey: Umm. you don't always need roots. Stems do the job, too. When you put the plants in the water, with or without roots, the tubes in the stem transport the water to the flower. Ivy ...

Has your monstera deliciosa (swiss cheese plant) started growing green roots from its stem? You’ve got yourself ... satisfying about the way their leaves split), the swiss cheese plant ...