This Valentine’s Day, your bouquet will likely travel thousands of miles in a jetliner’s cargo and refrigerated truck before it gets to your local florist and ultimately, your sweetheart.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bouquet of garden flowers will light up any room, but some care is required to keep them from ...

The most important step happens before the flowers ever touch water. Washing the vase with hot water and dish soap removes any residue that clouds water and blocks stems.

Whether you’re buying fresh cut flowers, or a potted plant for someone special, helping them keep those flowers looking their best can be part of the gift you give this year.

Gifting your loved one a Valentine's Day bouquet? Here's how long cut flowers can last. We're also sharing florists' best ...

A home without a vase of fresh flowers cannot be called a home! Fresh flowers give your home beauty and an air of natural ...

These auspicious cut flowers will bring color, luck and joy for the year ahead ...

The optimal time for cutting most flowers is early in the morning when temperatures are cooler, helping flowers maintain moisture and stay fresh longer. Late afternoon is an alternative time for ...

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Why do some cut flowers and bouquets seem to die immediately? How can you prolong them once you get them home in a vase?—Grand Floral Charade I have the same problem, Floral—my blooms are fine in the ...

Growing and selling cut flowers is a difficult niche to break into. With fierce competition from countries with more tropical climates, as well as local commercial wholesalers, it's hard to price your ...