The widely consumed peanuts are actually the underground seeds of a tropical legume plant related to beans and peas, not nuts at all. Furthermore, peanuts have a very unusual way of growing. While the ...

Despite its cute name and one-of-a-kind fruit, the peanut butter plant is considerably more than a novelty. This surprisingly cold-hardy species – Bunchosia argentea or armeniaca – is native to ...

SPRING VALLEY, Ill. -- Flowers of all shapes and sizes surrounded Larry Smith's house in Spring Valley this past summer, but what usually caught people's eyes was the 5-foot-tall tobacco plant.