Plants

Some of our favourite indoor plants are tropical, so cold weather and heating can make their lives harder.

What do you do when the traditional turf lawn isn't quite cutting it anymore? Rip it out and start again — this time with something other than lush green lines in mind.

The typical Australian lawn is under threat but, as Grand Designs Transformations host Anthony Burke argues, that's actually a good thing.

Caretakers of a Hobart war memorial are looking beyond aesthetics in their management practices to preserve species that may have otherwise died out.

Suppliers of garden plants to Australia's biggest hardware chain are reporting treatment from the company allegedly so severe that the resulting stress on nursery owners has broken up marriages and left some feeling like "slaves" and "serfs".

The filtered limestone environment of the Ewens Ponds provides the perfect condition for plants that don't usually grow fully submerged in water. This is one of the sinkhole's many unique aspects.

Bunnings' monopoly over the gardening sector has prompted calls for the retail giant to face the same scrutiny as Australia's two major supermarkets. 

Pacific Island nations are preparing to stake their claim to naming rights for kava, as demand for the product grows outside the region.

Researchers say pollen is becoming more potent, and seasons longer, as the climate changes. Hay fever sufferers, brace yourselves. 

The border collie is one of a precious few canny canines whose elite sense of smell can pinpoint a single specimen of the smothering, scrambling Chinese violet across a large area with minimal impact on the environment.

An amateur photographer has been looking across two states for almost a decade for a small orchid resembling a flying duck. Then a tip from a friend finally ended his long search.

Indigenous horticulturalists have taken 21 cuttings of the first known purple Banksia spinulosa. But it remains to be seen whether they will flower, and what colour the petals will be.

Seed banks say they need more government funding to plant native orchards to ever hope to reach regeneration targets.

Environmental groups are calling on VicForests to abandon logging plans in the state's alpine region after endangered native plants were found near the earmarked sites.

The south of the state is shimmering with a golden flowering plant — but biologists say it's a very attractive pest.

Queensland scientists say artificial intelligence can play a role in feeding the world by helping farmers produce more sustainable and profitable plants.

Against the dry, arid landscapes of west and central Australia, these trees not only catch your eye, but are a source of food and water and can point you in the right direction if you're lost.

Alan Carle was hunting otherworldly fruit with fluorescent tentacles and bubbly flesh that folks back home had never even heard about, much less tasted — and he was willing to risk his life to find it.

How a tin miner living in remote Tasmania helped discover what may be the world's oldest and most mysterious clone that has excited scientists for years.

Mild temperatures in July are tricking some plants into budding — and that'll be bad when the frost returns.

When Francesco needs water, sunlight, or even company, he can talk to let his owner know. It wouldn't be that impressive, except he's a plant pot.

Duckweed proliferates, handles stressful conditions and is dense in nutrition. Now scientists say it may hold the key to enabling humans to live in space.

Rosalind Lawson says sometimes she felt someone guided her to a certain place, and then suddenly there'd be a fungus that she'd never seen before.

This massive plant archive holds more than a million plants collected from Australia over 250 years. Each one tells a story about our past.

Fiona Murdoch describes the plant as being less than 10-centimetres tall with a red stem surrounded by a small rosette of leaves and white flowers.