Five years ago, an immense – and diseased – oak tree in Betsy Teutsch’s backyard in Philadelphia’s West Mount Airy neighborhood had to come down.
The family mourned the loss of an old friend. And then Teutsch realized that this ecological tragedy was an unexpected horticultural gift.
Suddenly, there was light! Enough for an old-fashioned cutting [...]
Tulips aren’t the only blooms in the valley worth a look. Several local growers offer bloom festivals throughout the spring and summer seasons. Below is a list of festivals and bloom seasons in order of bloom starting first with rhododendrons in March and ending with Dahlias in October.
Rhododendrons
Cecil & Molly Smith Garden: Bloom season begins [...]
Helen Chesnut, Times Colonist
A little over a week ago I was walking along a brick pathway between some municipal flower beds in Qualicum Beach when I noticed two women ahead of me bent over one of the beds. As I approached, they asked whether I knew the name of the little yellow flowers that carpeted [...]
The Flowers & Plants Association, the UK’s promotional organisation for cut flowers and indoor plants, has announced the appointment of a new chairman to its board of directors.
Martin Slocock will take over the post from Robin Herbert, who officially announced his retirement at the association’s general meeting last month. Herbert has been chairman of [...]
The way to a man’s heart may be through his stomach, but you need to take a different path to reach women.
The answer for perplexed guys may be right under their nose — through flowers. In fact, a study for the Society of American Florists found 92 percent of women remember the last time they [...]
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