One method to develop a greener thumb: Knowing when to water your plants. The general rule for watering plants, or your lawn and garden, is to water them once a week. However, your flowers and ...

Here are seven plants that are especially well suited to balcony planting. Before you begin planting, assess your balcony for a few specific criteria. First, gauge the weight limit; containers ...

Surrounding yourself with plants not only enhances the visual appeal of your environment but also contributes to a healthier, calmer and more rejuvenated you. Introducing nature’s air purifiers ...

Few living things seem to have less in common than plants and animals, but that assumption is being increasingly challenged. Evolution, and the ways in which the kingdom of plants and the kingdom ...

For decades, people with psoriasis have been treated in clinics with narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy, or light therapy, to reduce sores, scales, and inflammation. Now, new research from the ...

We haven’t been giving the Plant Kingdom enough credit. Plants can move, attack, communicate, and adapt — even though they don’t have what's normally defined as a brain. So are plants ...

Supporters of home phototherapy for patients with plaque and guttate psoriasis had plenty to cheer about at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in March. There ...

A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives. By Elizabeth A. Harris Zoë Schlanger was a reporter covering climate change ...

SAN DIEGO — Home-based phototherapy is non-inferior to office-based phototherapy for the treatment of plaque and guttate psoriasis across all skin types and was associated with improved ...

Plants use these chemicals for their own health ... This compound absorbs UVB light and is commonly used in sunscreens. While carrot compounds are found in sunscreen, there’s no evidence that ...

A mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it. On a shelf lined with terra cotta pots, herbs bend their stems toward ...

Some of these show up in the form of strange evil plants that spawn in the Wild Tangle biomes, and you'll need to do some upgrading to your watering can before you can remove them. Here's how to ...