Flower farmers in the United States can use the Pantone color as an edge to compete with the massive flower shipments coming in from South America. Unlike those monoculture farms, local growers have ...

As Deanna Kitchen worked in her garden in the summer of 2010, cutting an unexpected bounty of late-blooming sweet peas, she realized she had more blooms than she could use. A lot more. So, she decided ...

THE TULIPS AND ROSES in buckets outside the grocery store are tempting … but were they grown locally? Probably not. Most of those pretty flowers have been sprayed with pesticides, preserved in ...

EMILY -- It’s in a small hayfield hugging a picturesque country road -- a secret garden obscured by a grove of trees. Rows of petite cosmos, feathery amaranth, wispy zinnias and stately gold and ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The demand for flowers increased over the last few months, and now farmers say there’s a nationwide shortage. Mellano & Company is a family-owned business, growing flowers since ...

REHOBOTH BEACH, DE - Some flower vendors at Rehoboth Beach's Farmers Market reported feeling the effects of the continuing dry conditions across Delmarva. With the peninsula nearing a month with no ...