With about 90% of New Zealand’s natural wetlands drained or severely damaged during the past decades, we need to understand the role of native plants in ... Raupō’s flax-like leaves were ...

The Native Plant Collection was established in 1931. At the time, 60 acres had been set aside to create the Connecticut College Arboretum. Twenty acres of this original allotment, between Williams ...

The term ‘wilding tree’ is given to trees that spring up in places, usually in large numbers, where they are not wanted. In the Mackenzie basin and upper Waitaki valley, as in other areas, wilding ...

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. View our Native Plant List & Cultural Guide for an idea of what products are available throughout the year. Native plants are flowers, grasses, trees and shrubs ...

Purple New Zealand flax's strap-shaped ... and are sweetly fragrant. Native to Mexico, purple heart (Tradescantia pallida) is grown both indoors and outdoors. The plant's dark purple stems ...

Over the past year, Anne King and her five-year-old daughter have grown native plants in their Portland, Oregon, yard to attract wildlife like birds. Although she knows that gardening can be ...

What is a native plant? Native plants are indigenous to a particular region and provide an essential foundation to support wildlife habitats for native insects and birds. Well-adapted to the local ...

Fitzpatrick, director of health and nutrition with the Flax Council of Canada. In animal studies, the plant omega-3 fatty acid found in flaxseed, called ALA, inhibited tumor incidence and growth.

Islands cover just 5.3% of the world’s land area, but contribute disproportionately to global biodiversity, according to ...

With about 90% of New Zealand's natural wetlands drained or severely damaged during the past decades, we need to understand the role of native plants in ... Raupō's flax-like leaves were woven ...