Want a rubber plant that grows fast, not fussy? Master the right balance of lighting, water, and nutrients, and watch this ...

The rubber plant, also known as ficus elastica is a member of the Moraceae family and originates from Asia, particularly India, Malaysia and Java, this is according to Feng Shui research. In the wild ...

For more than a decade, Jody Scott tended shrubs in a dry field in southern Arizona. A lifelong farmer of myriad crops, Scott calls this the most boring thing he’s ever grown. And growing it, he said, ...

A research team has identified a key gene from the rubber tree that helps plants better defend themselves against both ...

The Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona is the hottest desert in the United States. The climate is severe, delivering an extreme contrast between aridity and moisture thanks to its warm subtropical ...

MONARAGALA, Sri Lanka—Specialty tire maker Global Rubber Industries (Pvt.) Ltd. has launched a "Greening Our Planet" initiative by planting 450 rubber trees in the natural rubber estates of ...

The French botanist and biologist Francis Hallé has spent 40 years in pursuit of the strange and beautiful plant specimens of the rainforest. In his Atlas of Poetic Botany, excerpted below, he invites ...