What comes to mind when one first thinks about "the Lily of the Valley" is a delicate flower symbolic of Easter and Weddings. It grows 15…
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In Europe during the late 1800s, the idea that flowers represented feelings grew into a system of communicating through flower…
The earliest mention of Poet's Daffodil is likely in the botanical writings of Theophrastus (371 – c. 287 BCE), who wrote about a spring…
Many flowers from around the world appear in mythology. The anemone, carnation, hyacinth, lily, lotus, narcissus, poppy, rose, sunflower…
In many societies, certain colors of flowers have acquired symbolic meanings. White blossoms, for example, represent both purity and death…
Dahlia blooms for extended periods, surpassing most other garden flowers, and many gardening enthusiasts refer to it as the "Queen of the…
Plants can be separated into two distinct categories: monocots and dicots. What makes the two types different, and why is it important to…
The rose became a symbol of love and desire. Eros gave the rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to induce him not to gossip about his…
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem composed of the main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches…
A flower having sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils is complete. Lacking one or more of such structures, it is said to be incomplete…