Rare plants are no longer the secret obsession of eccentric collectors hidden away in greenhouses. Today, the fascination with exotic foliage is booming, turning living rooms, kitchens, and even ...

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A new website, kapalupaluokanaloa.org, was created to tell the amazing story of the Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa plant and help promote conservation efforts. Photo courtesy National Tropical Botanical Garden ...

A Detroit lab director said her team has been working on the project for around two years to make copies of the plant made famous in books and movies. Jocelyn Ho and her team at the Rare Plant Fairy ...

At the summit of Mount Whitney, 14,505 feet, there’s a big sphere of purple-blue flowers with an intense, musky smell. It’s found nowhere else on earth but the alpine of the High Sierra. Nobody can ...

A lot of words have been used to describe Oregon City since its founding in 1829. There’s “first,” as in the first city west of the Rockies to be incorporated (in 1844). Also, there’s “last,” as in ...

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Research from North Carolina State University shows plants can extract rare earth metals from contaminated sites.