How Do Plants Know When It’s Time to Bloom?
As we approach summer and flowers begin to bloom again, it may seem as though some types of plants follow an internal calendar that...
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How Do Plants Work?
The inner workings of plants were a mystery to humans for thousands of years. We are still searching for the answers to how they...
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How Do Plants Communicate?
Communication is an essential part of human and animal life. Just imagine trying to survive in a world where communication...
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How Do Plants Grow Vegetatively?
If you’ve ever propagated one of your houseplants, you likely have a good idea of what the process of vegetative propagation...
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How Do Plants Know Which Way to Grow?
Like other living beings, plants glean a lot of information from their environment. Not only can they detect these cues, but they...
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How Do Plants Reproduce?
Plant reproduction can be a bit of a mystery. Until about 1700, it was thought that plants simply sprouted seeds that would grow...
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How Do Plants Get Water and Nutrients From the Soil?
The plant biology world is fascinating but can be difficult to understand if you don’t have a background in the subject. In...
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How Do Plants Get Energy From the Sun?
Most people know that plants get their energy from the sun using photosynthesis. But what does that process actually look like?...
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