Australian collections of the endangered and notoriously unpredictable flowers have popped off in recent years, as ‘personas’ like Putricia, Stinkerella and Smellanie prove a hit with nosy spectators ...

Now is the appropriate time to plant seeds for spring blooms in the garden. Growing plants from seeds requires minimal time and effort and provides the satisfaction of real gardening as you watch ...

More and more gardeners are discovering the pleasure of growing their own cut flowers. Imagine harvesting a regular supply of bright, boldly colored flowers you grew yourself. Even a simple bunch of ...

Watch a viola plant growing from a seed to flowers blooming. Viola seed was planted in a pot. It took around 8 days to see the seedling coming up and slowly growing. First bloom started from the 100th ...

This time-lapse shows 89 days growing stages of a pansy plant from a seed to flowers. A pansy seed was planted in a pot with potting mix. The seedling took about 10 days to shoot up to the soil's ...

Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cactus are related plants that are all extremely easy to propagate. When you trim these plants up to encourage more blooms or to neaten leggy stems, save a few of ...

Forty years ago, Renee Shepherd was an instructor at UC Santa Cruz, having earned a Ph.D. at the university. She was accustomed to playing soccer with European graduate students and inviting them over ...

Not all flowers are built for bouquets, or our home gardens. Here are some of the ugliest flowers in the world that can be ...