Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.

The following plants will bring the mountains into your home garden ... spreading carpet of pointed green leaves in spring. The plant performs best in a rock garden where the roots can stay ...

Plant mountain ash in late fall or very early spring while the plant is dormant. Dig a hole about twice as wide as the root ball or container and about the same depth as the root ball. Mix some ...

The tiny true flower is surrounded by bracts that dominate and actually serve as colorful petals that attract pollinators to the plant. Snow-on-the-mountain’s tiny flower is light green ...

There’s a lot to love about mountain ash, a delightful native tree that fits easily into urban and suburban landscapes. It can be grown as a small single-trunk tree or with mult ...

If you hike through a mountain bog along the West Coast of North ... student at the University of British Columbia that the plant had structures on its flower stalk that looked a little like ...

Mountain mint does best in well-draining soil with a neutral or slightly acidic pH. This plant can grow in a variety of soils, including sandy, clay, and loamy soils. Keep the soil moist ...

Plant propagation falls into two main categories ... Since they are tough to overwinter in the mountains, this is the recommended method. Whichever way that your dahlias are propagated (or any other ...

A team of plant biologists, geneticists and ecologists from the University of Georgia, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, the University of California and Davidson College has found via a nine ...

Vizcarra-Barton says his team’s vision is to build farms throughout the Santa Monica Mountains. Then, conservationists can plant local seeds quickly after a fire, before invasive species take root.

Stop! Don't touch that plant! There are lots of gorgeous varieties of plants nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains for nature lovers to admire and enjoy. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ...

The giant groundsel, a plant that looks like a pineapple crossed with a saguaro cactus, colonized the flanks of Africa's tallest mountain up to 1 million years ago and has not budged since.