Extend your growing season and experiment with growing tropical plants in temperate climates with these varieties ideal for ...

For one tropical tree species in the forests of Panama, getting struck by lightning every once in a while is no big deal. In fact, the electrical zap can actually help it grow. The trees may have ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

Lightning is often seen as a killer, leaving behind destruction and death of trees — but one tropical species has evolved to use the force of nature to its benefit. The tonka bean tree ...

Getting hit by lightning is not usually a good thing. But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven’s wrath. Not only do the trees survive lightning strikes, but their height and ...

Each episode explores one ‘world’, and the extraordinary plants that live there: Tropical, Seasonal, Desert, Water and Human. Each is a uniquely challenging place to live and in each we see ...

Unlike many other tropical plants, though, humidity isn't a major concern. True to its name, the desert rose is also ...