After centuries of being dormant, “superb” bluebells bloom in English national park
The flowers hint at the area's woody past.
Tag: flower
Petunia flowers guide researchers towards better, tastier cherry flavors
Sometimes, tasty treats lie where you least expect them.
Your favorite fruits may have come from radioactive plants. Meet the wonderous ‘gamma gardens’
The number of mutant plant varieties on the market is unknown.
How plants decide when to flower and when to grow
Flower life seems simple enough, but there is some important decision-making involved.
This is what the first flower on Earth probably looked like
Charles Darwin called it "abominable mystery."
Scientists find the supergene that codes the reproductive traits of flowers
The genes that code sexual diversity in flowers.
Newly discovered Japanese plant doesn’t photosynthesize, pollinates itself
The most self-sufficient plant I know of.
Bumblebees detect flowers’ electric field with their tiny hairs
Research showed flowers, and plants in general, generate an electric field and bumblebees can sense it with their tiny hairs.
World’s oldest flower found: it’s 125 million years old, and it raises some hard questions
A large intact specimen of the fossil, Montsechia. Usually only small fragmentary pieces of the fossil are found. Credit: David ...
