Discover how a balsam (touch-me-not) plant was growing from a seed to flowers. We randomly chose a balsam flower seed from a ...

This undated photo shows pale touch-me-not flowers in New Paltz, N.Y. Related to our cultivated impatiens, pale touch-me-not is considered be some people to be a weed, by others to be a wildflower.

If you’re impatient for impatiens, a University of Florida scientist has good news for you: Some varieties of the popular flower resist the deadly downy mildew disease better than others. Many people ...

It has colourful flowers, attractive leaves, and with some care, the Balsam, or Dopati, will grow readily in your front yard. Balsam is an ornamental plant. It produces lovely colourful flowers and is ...

A cool, foggy, summer dawn several years ago found me deep in a holler in eastern West Virginia, starting a day of botany. It was Pocahontas County, way up in the Monongahela National Forest (not so ...

At a recent dinner party, my host launched into a monologue about a plant he had discovered in his garden and was delighted with. It had, he said, green leaves (what a clue!) and large, yellow flowers ...