HUMBLE YET MIGHTY! Native to Asia, and northeastern Europe, Pompons belong to one of the biggest plant families, Asteraceae. Cultivated in Japan as early as the 8th century, many flower...
Anemones, also known as wind flowers, due to their name being derived from the Greek word for wind ‘Anemos’. According to mythology, the anemone flower was created when Aphrodite’s mortal...
Just like a rose ‘mini me’, spray roses offer all the beauty of a standard rose but on a charming smaller scale. What they lack in size however, they make...
Known by most as Scabious, this delicate looking wildflower actually grows in quite rugged terrain in the wild. From clinging to a rocky cliff face in the Alps, to basking...
Native to Eastern Asia, the Matsumoto Aster is sure to add a little playful whimsy to any bouquet. Known for its daisy like head full of soft purple, pink, red...
Known by most as Lisianthus, this delicate prairie flower is also known as the Prairie Gentian, Texas bluebell, Poor man’s rose and Lira de San Pedro, or by its new...
Birds of Paradise...you really have to appreciate the romantic, sometimes whimsical common names given to flowers, as their scientific designations often leave you cold! Ask yourself which flower sounds more...
Lilies for a Summer Fling When it comes to bulbs, it seems the early spring variety hogs the spotlight. This is likely due to severity of the winter that precedes...
In the annals of interesting flower names, Gladiolus - "little sword" - lands somewhere in the middle. Definitely not as romantic as anemone (daughter of the wind), not as bluntly...
Sure, 'forever' is a bit misleading. We are talking about cut flowers after all, whose brief lives are part of their irresistible charm. Like their namesake, however, Heliconias can claim...