Between Africa and Arabia lies an island of rare biological oddities—one that’s buffeted now by development, cyclones, and civil war. The Socotra dragon's blood tree, Dracaena cinnabari, can ...

A Bay of Islands-based real estate agent wasn’t expecting an old water pump to become a bone of contention when she was putting together a sale for a client.

Rancho Bernardo resident Pam Dunlap next to two of her favorite plants, the one with red flowers is Leucospermum, also known as Scarlet Ribbon, from South Africa; and behind it is the deciduous ...

Even before the coming of the railway to Penzance in the 19th century, visitors were drawn to Cornwall to enjoy its coastline and its gardens – a combination unlike any other in Britain ...

Spring awakens spectacularly at Longwood Gardens, where the much-anticipated “Spring Blooms” display flourishes both indoors and out through May 5.

The protea, South Africa's flower family, is an enormous collection of genus and species that now are being grown in Mediterranean regions around the world, with many cut flower plantations here in ...

Blog by Karen Metz, UC Master Gardener-Solano County. We got a chance to visit the Kula Botanical Gardens in the upcountry of Maui in January 2025. I had been charmed by the lush gardens on previous ...

When did the yellow spots appear on your Dracaena surculosa? If they appeared during or after a wet season, the spots could be fungal. You may need to move the plant somewhere brighter with better ...

Its history, of which more later, encompasses five generations of one determined and unusually focused family. Its geography — it sits on the southern end of Tresco Island, which itself is only two ...

Dracaena plants are easy to care for, and they can tolerate some neglect. It's easy to find a place for them, as they thrive in typical household temperatures and indirect light — light that is ...

What makes this faux dracaena plant the best fake plant is how real it looks and feels. It was designed and crafted so that, when guests touch its leaves, they’ll think it’s a living plant ...