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  1. office
    The Best Low-Light Plants for Office Cubicles, According to ExpertsWe spoke with horticulturalists and plant experts to find six low-light plants that can survive in the extreme environment of office cubicles.
    By David Notis
  2. science of us
    Just What We Need — a Pretty New Plant Trying to Blind UsPerfect.
    By Katie Heaney
  3. best bets
    A New Meditation Bus, Translucent Teapots, and a Fashionable Plant ShopWhat’s new in New York stores.
    By Katy Schneider
  4. recommended by experts
    Everything to Keep Your (Surprisingly Finicky) Cactus AliveThe expert-recommended pot, soil, fertilizer, and moisture meter for your sensitive succulent.
    By Maxine Builder
  5. Why Can’t I Keep a Plant Alive?Confessions from a deranged horticultural journey.
    By Dayna Evans
  6. Maybe Plants Remember Stuff“Overnight, they turn back to where the sun will be in the morning! They seem to encode, store, and retrieve that information.”
    By Drake Baer
  7. This Self-Watering Flowerpot Tips Over When It Needs a RefillHouseplants are now safe from negligence — and long vacations.
    By Jared T. Miller
  8. Flower That Smells Like ‘Rotting Flesh’ to BloomIt was once the official flower of the borough.
    By Jen Kirby
  9. Microsoft May Have Found a Way to Let You Talk With Your Plants And they can even talk back (sort of).
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  10. trends
    Kill Your SucculentsA dissenting opinion.
    By Jamie Lauren Keiles
  11. nature
    Honeybees Had a Pretty Awful YearBeekeepers reported losing about 42 percent of their colonies in the past year. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  12. Jessica Alba Needs Those Succulents, Thanks“We needed something alive.”
    By Molly Oswaks
  13. holiday gift guide 2014
    Deck the Halls: 49 Gifts for the Home to Give This SeasonBeyoncé’s stand mixer, no-pollen bouquets, a deconstructed pitcher, and more.
    By Emma Whitford
  14. best bet
    A Conversation-Starting Houseplant That Adds a Bohemian TouchForget the fern and the ficus.
    By Emma Whitford
  15. season’s giftings
    How to Say ‘Thank You’ Like a Fashion PersonShower your hosts with flowers, massages, and weird plants.
    By Lauren Sherman
  16. hazardous herbs
    Shady Drugs Found in Shady Diet DrugsDiet supplements contain amphetamine-like substances, scientists say.
    By Kathleen Hou
  17. nature’s pepper spray
    Eye-Burning Plants the Latest Threat to New Yorkers“If you think you have giant hogweed on your property, do NOT touch it.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  18. design hunting
    A New Old Building, Anthropologie’s Happy Spring, and MoreNow in Nolita: total dream apartments!
    By Wendy Goodman
  19. tube junkie
    World’s First Porno for Plants Not Nearly As Hot As It Could Have BeenArtist Jonathan Keats’s Cinema Botanica is, he claims, the world’s first porno film for plants and features “explicit acts of cross pollination.”
  20. At the Greenmarket
    Union Square Bursts Into BloomFarmers are just now planting seed; if storage potatoes and onions don’t scratch your spring foraging itch, greenhouse greens and a profusion of flowering plants, budding fruit-tree branches, cut flowers, and potted herbs should do it. We’ll be keeping tabs on seasonal foods at the gourmet markets until local produce is going strong.