Nicotiana sylvestris is a flowering plant that belongs to the Solanaceae (nightshade) plant family. In addition to woodland tobacco, common names include South American tobacco and flowering tobacco.

Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female because their flowers have both male parts and female parts. Pollen in plants is like sperm in animals. It comes from the male part of the ...

For the best visual effect, plant them against a backdrop of flourishing trees, among other tall flowers, or as a ...

"If we have an accurate picture of the evolution of a flowering plant," says Walter Judd ... words cobbled from the names of his closest colleagues. Through my magnifying glass the Bevhalstia ...

In borders, plant them deeply and try to plant under deciduous trees and shrubs as these create the dry summer conditions that tulips enjoy. Bulbs in pots are best planted in the ground after ...

It really enjoys moist, retentive wet soils, even really wet soils it will tolerate and it's a very beautiful, versatile plant for a late flowering border." And there is no time like the present ...

Climbing plants are perfect for covering fences, walls, trellis, pergolas, arches, wigwams and obelisks. Choose the right one for the size of the area you want to cover and check whether it's ...

Forty-five per cent of the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists have warned. Those under threat include orchids, varieties of pineapple, and many important ...

studying translational regulation of chloroplast gene expression in algae and flowering plants, respectively. Although his main expertise is chloroplast biology, his interest is and always was to ...

Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants ... until now it has not been possible to get a complete picture of where these plants fit in the bigger picture. To meet this challenge, researchers ...