The evergreen mistletoe plant is now a common sight around Cambridge, characterised by green spherical clusters among the ...

The custom of kissing under mistletoe, which dates to the 18th century, was seen as a way to spread love during the Christmas ...

Can you grow your own holiday mistletoe? Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will discuss how and where this popular parasite likes to grow and reveal how mistletoe may be environmentally ...

Mistletoe is a richly symbolic winter plant with an unusual life cycle. With more than half of England’s traditional orchards lost since the mid-20th century, it would be easy to assume mistletoe is ...

Mistletoe infestation was not linked to negative health outcomes for the trees the festive favorite was parasitizing.

The cove we live in is surrounded on three sides by high ridges. One evening in early December, as I was walking down the trail that leads to our house, the sun set and the valley floor quickly ...

New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer ...

The traditional carol “The Holly and the Ivy” mentions two of the evergreen plants associated with the holidays. Ivy, holly ...

So why has this tradition lasted? Probably because it hits the perfect holiday sweet spot: a little awkward, a little ...

During the holidays, mistletoe is famous for helping couples sneak a smooch under a strategically hung sprig. But long before Christ was born, Druids, Greeks and other ancients knew the plant as a ...

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

Pucker up, it’s time to hang your mistletoe! One of my favorite tales about mistletoe comes from Norse mythology, which started with ...