Trees & Plants

Midnight Sun – The Sun Never Sets

Midnight Sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and...

Spruce – An Evergreen Symmetrical Spire Shape Tree

Spruces or Picea, are tall, fast-growing evergreen trees with symmetrical spire shapes. You can distinguish them from the...

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)

Habitat: The Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is Australia’s representative of the holarctic Barn Swallow and the similar but...

How to Grow Tulip Flowers like a Jeweled Crown

A yard with a lot of Tulip Flowers blooming in it looks like a jeweled crown. There are...

The Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Identification The common sandpiper, "Actitis hypoleucos" is about 19–22 cm in length. Upper parts are brown olive, including...

Dendrosenecio kilimanjari: The Giant Groundsel of Mount Kilimanjaro

Description: Kilimanjaro Mountain is known for its unique ability to attract isolated, mutated, and rare species of plants, animals, insects, and fungi that are almost...

Blue Bean: Unraveling the Wonders of a Truly Unique Legume

Origin: The blue bean is a shrub indigenous to western China, renowned for its striking metallic-blue pods resembling broad beans, and is often grown...

Begonia Pavonina – The Leaves Shimmer With An Iridescent Blue Glow

Begonia pavonina, also known as the Peacock Begonia, is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is native to the montane forests...

Juniper Tree – A Tree Useful in Landscape Plantings

Juniper Tree or Juniperus are trees that we call red cedar is really a juniper. But many others are shrub-like and as such are...

The Best Ferns to Grow Indoor

Ferns “Many Genera” give a better softening effect to an indoor environment, which makes them good houseplants. Many people are familiar with that old...

The Amazing Baobab Tree – A Tree of Life!

Grandidier’s Baobab Tree is the biggest and most well-known of Madagascar’s species of Baobabs. It is also known as “Adansonia grandidieri," actually an imposing...

Ginkgo biloba – Traditional Medicine Tree

This family includes a single species, which now survives in the wild in only a small area in southwest China. Ginkgo biloba is a...

The American Basswood Tree

The American basswood tree is native to eastern North America. The species is found from southeast Manitoba to New Brunswick, south to south Carolina,...

How to Take Care of Philodendron Plants?

Philodendron Plants Philodendron plants are a type of flowering plant that can be found in many homes today. They have a wide variety of colors...

Spruce – An Evergreen Symmetrical Spire Shape Tree

Spruces or Picea, are tall, fast-growing evergreen trees with symmetrical spire shapes. You can distinguish them from the fir. They resemble each other in...