Plus, learn how to harvest the unique variety for your fall arrangements. Chinese lanterns grow best in full sunlight and in containers, Kandra says—especially because the plant spreads aggressively ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rediscovered Thismia kobensis plant with its waxy, translucent flower erupting from the forest floor. Scientists in Japan have ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Fairy ...

Chinese Lantern, Physalis alkekengi, often called Japanese Lantern, is an herbaceous perennial that in some areas can spread and become somewhat invasive. Once you’ve seen a Chinese Lantern plant ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. We've ...

Q. We saw a flower arrangement at a hotel that included the Chinese lantern plant (Physalis franchetii var. gigantee). We checked with local plant places before ordering seeds online. Will we have any ...

A mystical plant - called the "fairy lantern" and presumed extinct - has emerged from the floor of a enchanted forest in Japan. Only 90 species of the Thismia plant have ever been found and many of ...