Not all plant stalks can be snapped with fingers, and some may cause skin irritation upon contact. Disinfect the clippers with 70% rubbing alcohol concentration.

In the span of three months, Jackie Flournoy's century plant grew a 25-foot stalk. The left photo was taken in April, shortly after the stalk appeared, and the right was taken in late May.

This hardy native is a clump-forming perennial that sends up a stiff, unbranched stalk 2- to 3-feet high. Five-inch-long leaves form toward the bottom of the plant and become smaller as they ...

Phil – one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers – is getting ready to bloom, even as early as Saturday, said the university’s botanical curator.

Natalie Carmolli, a public relations specialist with Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs, says late spring to early summer is the perfect time to prune certain flowering plants, to remove spent flowers, ...

This hardy native is a clump-forming perennial that sends up a stiff, unbranched stalk 2- to 3-feet high. Five-inch-long leaves form toward the bottom of the plant and become smaller as they ...

“You can trigger the plant to grow a new stalk from the node that will bloom,” Kondrat says. “Pruning like this makes an orchid rebloom in 8 to 12 weeks about 50 percent of the time.” ...