The top leaves of crops absorb far more light than they can use, starving lower leaves of light. Scientists designed plants with light green leaves with hopes of allowing more light to penetrate the ...

Leaves have a number of pigments, including chlorophylls, that are involved to a greater or lesser extent in photosynthesis: using light energy to make sugars. Chlorophylls appear green because they ...

The National Garden Bureau designated 2026 as the “Year of the Ficus.” Your first thought might be the weeping fig (Ficus benjamina), the most commonly grown indoor ficus tree. Truth be told, the ...

Although adding a tree to one's garden is a major decision, trees serve so many valuable purposes that I like to include them in this column from time to time. One of my favorites is the instantly ...

Light green lichens and mosses that grow on the bark of oak trees do not harm the tree. (Mike Zacchino/2015) We're well into a record-breaking stormy winter, but gardening questions never end. Get ...

Scientists explain the lime green look of spring. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Spring has now officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. Already, many deciduous trees are ...

Plants draw on a suite of pigments to produce energy from sunlight, and in the fall, some become more obvious than others. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...