1.   That crop plants do badly in competition with wild species is to be expected.

2.   This plant does well in dry conditions.

3.   With such rapid production, it would be advantageous for a particular plant to do this as browsers would move away from branches near the wounded ones.

4.   The dye collects sunlight, as plants do by photosynthesis.

5.   And what was the plant doing accepting dirty food without checking on its purity in the first place?

6.   As in other coastal areas, these rich stores of nutrients feed algal populations which explode during the summer, producing oxygen, as all plants do.

7.   Borderline plants may do fine for years and then get wiped out by one of those winters that hark back to childhood.

8.   A. Gardeners who notice what their plants are doing will observe that patterns of growth vary considerably with different light conditions.

9.   Chemists in New Mexico have taught single molecules of this plastic to store energy from light in the way that plants do.

10.   Container-grown plants do best when sheltered from harsh, drying winds and pollution.