March marks the moment when gardens wake up, but fungi wake up too. Damp soil, melting frost, chilly nights, and bursts of daytime warmth create a dream environment for plant diseases that thrive on ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida on care of azalea, pineapple, lawns, sweet viburnum and mint ...

Potting soil, or potting mix, is a substrate that usually consists of garden soil, organic matter and minerals.

A team of researchers sampling soil beneath a millennia-old conifer in southern Chile found that a single ancient tree can ...

Potting soil may seem like it lasts forever, but it has a shelf life. Over time, the organic materials in most potting mixes, such as peat moss, bark, compost, or coconut coir, break down. As they ...

However, knowing where to start in March can be daunting. Gardening expert, author and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh, 76, has ...

Volunteers discovered a rare pink "fairy club" fungus in England that had never been recorded in mainland Britain before.

A rare species of pink fungus has been recorded in the UK for the first time. The pale pink, fairy club fungus, known as ...

Bearded iris are eye-catching, low-maintenance flowers that thrive in Ohio gardens. Learn how to plant and care for them.

Long-term ecosystem warming changes not only plants but the fungi in the soil below, according to a new study including researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. "Hidden mycorrhizal ...

The discovery of the tennis ball-sized fungus, known as Clavaria calabrica, was made in Somerset.

Plants are constantly on guard. Their roots are equipped with molecular alarm systems that detect invading microbes and trigger immune responses. Yet beneficial soil fungi routinely enter living root ...