Scientists have shown that two previously separate modes of plant branching regulation can be connected, revealing the most complete picture yet of how plants control their architecture. Subscribe to ...

What is it that adorns this tree? Is it a fruit? Is it a flower? Often, it’s a promise. That’s what buds are: promises of next year’s leaves and blooms. “Most trees and shrubs in our region form their ...

Soon, trees and shrubs in every neighborhood will be opening their buds to unfurl their new leaves. As plants emerge from winter dormancy, they are coming into their superpower, like the first time an ...