Rose pine cone is a stunning little perennial you may never have heard of or seen, but it's a plant with a bright future. Part of the Acanthus family, which includes familiar ornamentals like ...

Look up, look down, and look all around because it appears to be another banner year for cones. Pine cones, spruce cones, fir cones when we talk “pine” cones it includes them all and today that’s just ...

For local botanists and plant lovers, this time of year can be a little slow. The monotonous rain and lack of flashy flowers and foliage keep many intrepid plant admirers indoors. However, this is my ...

One of the simplest examples of how plants adapt to ensure that their species survives is found in pine cones. Evergreen trees that produce cones are called conifers. There are more than 600 species ...

The first fossil evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds has been preserved in 40 million-year-old amber. Seed germination typically occurs in the ground after a seed has fallen, but several embryonic ...

The higher the pine cones, the harsher the winter. Have you ever heard this weather lore before? According to the lore, when trees sense a brutal winter coming, they grow their cones higher up. Why?

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