Small trees and shrubs with shallow, slow-growing roots are the best choices for foundation plantings. That is why you often ...

This relentless tug of war loosened root systems forming air pockets and tearing root tissue. If you had plants which ...

Exposed tree roots can damage sidewalks and foundations, become a tripping hazard, and make lawn mowing difficult. Learn how ...

Transpiration, the process of plants releasing water vapor, is crucial for plant cooling but can lead to dehydration in ...

In addition, I recommend planting small plugs or bare-root plants in these areas. If you try to plant larger pot sizes, bigger than one gallon, you may end up damaging the tree roots when digging ...

A new technique may make it easier to selectively breed crop plants for better, deeper roots. The non-destructive process involves quickly checking a plant's leaves to see how far down its roots ...

Bare-root plants are grown outdoors in the ground or in containers. Before shipping, they are dug up and most of the soil shaken or rinsed from their roots.

An international research team reveals that a small RNA sequence, called micro RNA miR2111, travels from leaves to roots in legume plants that can form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with root bacteria.