Tag: flowers
Flowers Might Be Getting Scarce
UNITED STATES—It makes sense for flowers to bloom in spring. Winter is too cool, windy and damp for both flowers and the insects that...
Flowers Are Only The Beginning
UNITED STATES—Flowers have a bigger and better agenda than coloring our gardens and homes. They bloom to get pollinated. Their color and fragrance are...
Flowers For Home And Garden
UNITED STATES—There is a difference. Hybrid tea and grandiflora roses were bred to be excellent cut flowers for the home. They bloom on long...
De Young Museum Opens Bouquets To Arts Exhibit
SAN FRANCISCO—On Monday, March 13, the de Young Museum kicked off its 33rd annual Bouquets to Arts exhibition. The artists have been working to...
Spring Blossoms Precede Summer Fruit
UNITED STATES—Cherry blossoms are such an excellent tradition in Washington D.C., as well as in Japanese neighborhoods of the West Coast. 'Kwanzan' and 'Akebono'...
The Secret Affairs Of Pollination
UNITED STATES—There are some things about plants that we might be better off not knowing about. For instance, their idea of sex is even...
Improvise While Flowers Are Scarce
UNITED STATES—Much of the color in the garden through autumn and winter is provided by foliage. Some foliage turns color as the weather gets...
Fall For Spring Bulbs Now
UNITED STATES—They are certainly not much to look at now. They are even less interesting once buried out of sight in the garden. The...
Start Cool Season Annuals Early
UNITED STATES—Twice a year, it becomes necessary to discuss the unpleasantries of pulling up the flowering annuals (as well as vegetable plants) of one...
Try Some Unconventional Cut Flowers
UNITED STATES—There is nothing like growing our own; whether vegetables, fruit or cut flowers. Most fruit and vegetables are grown to be eaten, so...