With warm soil and just-warming air temperatures, June is the perfect time to get these annuals, herbs, and vegetables into ...

A New Zealand native, this species astelia is grown for the tussocks of arching leaves and not for the panicles of small flowers which emerge from the rosette of leaves. Growing up to 2m tall this ...

“These are time-sensitive products, that arrive in New Zealand in the belly hold of aircraft, supporting florists all around the region to fill orders during the month of February.” Tasker ...

that “leaves and flowers are spun together by spiders that the ants keep for the purpose.” Mr. Saville-Kent's statement that he has observed the ants use their own full-fed larvæ to supply ...

In the current study, published in Life Metabolism, the New Zealand researchers reported that flowers of the non-toxic dahlia plant are a cultivable source of butein. Intriguingly, in a mouse ...