facts about plant

Peaches, Pears, apricots, quinces, strawberries, and apples are members of the rose family. So are ornamental species such as spirea, mountain ash, goatsbeard, and ninebark.

Cranberries, Concord grapes, and blueberries are three popular fruits native to North America.

The difference between nectarines and peaches is that nectarines do not have fuzzy skins. You can graft peach branches onto a nectarine tree or nectarine branches onto a peach tree so you have both types of fruits.

The average strawberry has 200 seeds. It the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside.

Sulfuric compounds are to blame for cut onions bringing tears to your eyes. According to the National Onion Association, chilling the onion and cutting the root end last reduces the problem.

Garlic mustard is a member of the mustard family, not garlic. This invasive herb outcompetes native plants in the Eastern and Midwestern United States, posing a threat to other native plants and the species that depend on them.

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is one of the oldest living tree species it dates back to about 250 million years ago. Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is another ancient species it dates back about 150 million years. Both were known in the fossil record before they were found alive.

Trees are the longest living organisms on earth.

Peanuts are not nuts, but legumes related to beans and lentils. They have more protein, niacin, folate, and phytosterols than any nut, according to the National Peanut Board.

The title for the world hottest chili pepper remains contested.Bhut Jolokia, 401.5 times hotter than bottled hot pepper sauce, earned the Guinness World Records title in 2007, but several hotter chilis claimed the title in 2011.