This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Harry Luu, owner of PlantZaddyTherapy. It has been edited for length and clarity. I've always been a gardener and enjoyed being around plants.

Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch. The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the ...

Rare houseplants leave specialty greenhouses and return to everyday American homes as indoor gardening draws stronger interest. Buyers now treat these uncommon finds as collectible ... Read moreThe po ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...

The sale of an Anthurium luxurians broke Palmstreet’s August $10,000 record, highlighting the rise of rare plants as high-value collectibles. A houseplant sold for $26,000 on the Palmstreet app in ...

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The recent rise in plant collecting has led to an unwanted side effect — sellers who are raiding endangered wild plant colonies to profit from rare plants that collectors crave. This growing threat to ...

The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the threecorner milkvetch. It’s a member of the pea family, splaying across the ground ...