Odd plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and ...

While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for ...

Topping and disbudding are simple maintenance tasks that can greatly benefit your dahlias. Proper topping can make your ...

Most tuber plants are perennials that would benefit from consistent fertilization, while many annuals are started by seed. Whether you are into the consistency of tubers or the variety of seeds (or ...

How to Grow Caladiums Outdoors. Caladium tubers should be planted in ground or in containers when warm weather arrives. If you plant too soon, they tend to grow slowly or to rot.

The good news is that with a little knowledge, no pet (or their concerned owner) needs to suffer from poisonous plants.

A healthy rhubarb plant will have produced many ripe stalks by July, but this doesn't mean gardeners should stop caring for ...

How to Plant Dahlia Tubers. Dahlia tubers have a bulbous body at one end, and a small crown with future growth points called eyes at the other. “The body and eyes are connected by a slender neck ...

Question: My caladiums are not sprouting leaves as normal. Will they regrow or do I need to plant new bulbs? Answer: Hopefully by the time you receive this response there are lots of new shoots ...

May is a great month to plant dahlia tubers. First, find a sunny spot and work the soil by digging so it is loose down to a depth of 1 foot. Add slow-release plant food and also a stake for each ...

Figure 4: Comparison of the sprouting behavior of tubers from transgenic plants expressing the pyrophosphatase gene under the control of either the tuber-specific promoter B33 (lines PP-51, PP-47 ...