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Is banana peel really useful for houseplants?Shutterstock/ThamKC Back in the 1990s, students at my high school believed that banana peels contained a mysterious psychoactive substance that,…

Most chocolate is made from cacao plants harvested from Central America to Ghana and the Ivory Coast.Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images wild chocolateRowan Jacobsen (Bloomsbury Publishing)…

Broken eggshells around young plants…but will they be able to stop the slugs?BIOSPHOTO/Alamy There are tips that I come across at least once a week while…

Approximately 47,000 trees in Utah’s Fish Lake National Forest are actually a single ancient creature named PandoGeorge Rose/Getty Images The world’s largest tree has been rigorously…

A giant tree-like cactus called a saguaro in Arizona, USASusan E. Degginger / Alamy Below is an excerpt from our nature newsletter, Wild Wild Life. Sign…

Lady Margaret Passion FlowerRob Kessler & Wolfgang Stuppe From the most majestic giant sequoias to the most delicate herbs, plants have flourished since seeds emerged some…

Terrariums have taken the gardening world by storm over the past decade, transforming from obscure Victorian curiosity to homeware-store staple, but in almost all of the…

Sunflowers may be cooperatingShutterstock/Tartesie Sunflowers move to help their neighbors, and the seemingly random movement of the plant’s roots and shoots actually helps minimize shade in…

Amorphophallus titaniumDerek Powaszek When you think of livestreaming, if you really think about it, you probably picture a gamer yelling about shooting the final boss. Or…

Artificial lighting at night can affect tree leavesShutterstock/Patrick Kosmider Urban trees lit by streetlights tend to have tougher leaves and be less eaten by insects than…