Horticulture

Lawns dominate our physical — and cultural — landscapes. Now concerns over environmental impacts are propelling yet another redefinition of the word.

Luna is a 6-year-old corpse flower whose parents were named Alice and Stinky.

Andrew Wyatt, senior vice president of horticulture at the Missouri Botanical Garden, discusses what garden researchers know about the Karomia gigas tree species, and the garden’s efforts to prevent its extinction.

After a long winter, spring weather has finally returned to St. Louis, and as the flowers once again bloom it is the cue for many St. Louisans to head…

No one has seen the flower of the 60-foot-tall Karomia gigas tree in Tanzania; scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden hope they’ll be the first.For…

Is it too early to plant carrots? What about tomatoes? And is there any use for those spiky sweetgum tree seeds?Missouri Botanical Garden horticulturists…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 17, 2009 -Tim Gamma says you'll find about 125 tree service companies in the St. Louis area.…