When scientists describe a new species, they often include a plethora of detail about its physical attributes — the size, shape, and color of its leaves, flowers, and fruits. But what about its smell?
Missouri Botanical Garden Scientist
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When scientists describe a new species, they often include a plethora of detail about its physical attributes — the size, shape, and color of its leaves, flowers, and fruits. But what about its smell?
Missouri Botanical Garden Scientist
This year marks the 25th Winter Olympics, with competitions held at venues across north-central and northeastern Italy. As the world watches top athletes try for gold, we’re highlighting a few plants native to Northern Italy. These plants deserve their own recognition for their beauty, rarity, and horticultural importance.
Known for its cluster of showy blooms the starbust bush, or Clerodendrum quadriloculare, blooms every winter in the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Shooting stars and fireworks Blooms of Clerodendrum quadriloculare. Photo by Nathan Kwarta.Clerodendrum quadriloculare is known b...
It’s no surprise that rainforests and tundra are among the world’s critical biomes. But Missouri is also home to one of the world’s most important, and threatened, ecosystems—prairies.
Prairie is a critical biome that is rapidly disappearing. Nearly 99 percent of North America’s tallgrass prairies are already gone. But at Shaw Nature Reserve, ecological restoration...
A new year brings the potential for new gardening techniques and styles to try. The Kemper Center for Home Gardening experts are looking ahead at 2026 and sharing the trends they think gardeners will be eager to try, as well as one trend to avoid.