Some of the most familiar plants in the garden originated in Southeast Asia. Azaleas, rhododendrons, hostas, wisterias, lilies, day lilies, camellias and viburnums, to name a few, have made us feel so ...
Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. + Sunday, Nov. 2 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV How are new plants discovered? In the old days, plant explorers sailed aboard tall ships in ...
Field experiments have shown how ESA’s potential FLEX mission could identify vegetation that is suffering degrees of stress invisible to the naked eye. The Fluorescence Explorer, or FLEX for short, is ...
Some of the most familiar plants in the garden originated in Southeast Asia. Azaleas, rhododendrons, hostas, wisterias, lilies, day lilies, camellias and viburnums, to name a few, have made us feel so ...
When Dan Hinkley wants a new plant for his garden, he doesn’t head to the local nursery or big box store. He finds his passport, crosses oceans and climbs mountains. Hinkley is a plant explorer. But ...
More than a century ago, a Dutch plant explorer faced death to bring us the Meyer lemon. We know what happened after that — it became extremely popular in the United States both for eating and ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Use Plant Explorer to explore the plants and trees in our gardens, the Smithsonian Gardens orchid collection and other living plant collections, ...