December 17, 2010 | Floral Trends
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Tina Asmus of Lakemoor, Illinois, has won the right to keep her toilet-bowl planters in her front yard after she contested a charge brought against her in June, 2009 that the displays were violating a public nuisance ordinance. [... Read More ]
December 16, 2010 | Flower Gifts
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Bonsai trees make choice plant gifts for their unusual yet zen appeal, capturing the magnificence of a stately tree in the space of a potted indoor houseplant. [... Read More ]
December 16, 2010 | Floral Trends
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Redondo Beach, a tourist and resort town located on the Pacific coast in California, once had a much different landscape than it does today. [... Read More ]
December 15, 2010 | Holiday Flowers
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Champagne flutes and glittering masks will be all the rage for the final countdown, but what if your loved ones aren't all in the same room this New Year's Eve? [... Read More ]
December 15, 2010 | Floral Trends
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The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a new study this week that links all existing flower species to their common ancestor, the pine cone. [... Read More ]
December 14, 2010 | Floral Trends
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Scientists were surprised to discover that Paris japonica, what the U.K. Telegraph describes as an "unremarkable and rather slow-growing plant," boasts the world's largest genome at 50 times the size of our own. [... Read More ]
December 14, 2010 | Floral Trends
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Artists and engineers are using cutting-edge technology to create flowers and plants for the Taipei International Flora Exposition that's taking place in the Pavilion of Dreams. [... Read More ]
December 14, 2010 | Flower Gifts
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Corporate and private donors in Austin, Texas, are making it clear that they don't want to see the town flowerless come the spring. [... Read More ]
December 13, 2010 | Floral Trends
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Queen Mary, University of London and Imperial College London researchers have developed the Floral Reflectance Database, an online collection of photographs that allow viewers to see flowers the same way that a bee would through its UV vision. [... Read More ]