Magnolia, especially the southern grandiflora species (7-9), is another highly aromatic shrub or tree that puts forth large, ...

“It’s a very bad smell,” he notes. But Okuyama and his colleagues managed to follow that stink to a beautiful set of discoveries. A crimson flower of wild ginger.

Indiana University's beloved corpse flower, Wally, recently bloomed. When will the rare sight and horrible smell happen again ...

The unpleasant smell lingers until the white flowers fall off. That’s not the only reason Bradford pear trees are problematic. Originally thought to be sterile, the Bradford pear tree easily ...

Corpse flowers smell bad as a way to attract pollinators that are drawn to the scent of rotting flesh. Think flies buzzing over an animal carcass.

“Young kids will be fascinated, but then run away when it smells too bad.” The public can see and smell the corpse flower during the garden’s opening hours, which run Tuesday through Sunday ...

The unpleasant smell lingers until the white flowers fall off. That’s not the only reason Bradford pear trees are problematic. Originally thought to be sterile, the Bradford pear tree easily ...