Archive for July, 2008
Flowers are Changing, What's for Offer Today?
The array of flowers in garden centers is changing by the day with new hybrids appearing each year. Plant breeders are creating new types of flowers to keep up with ...
A Tough Summer Flower – Madagascar Periwinkle
The summer heat and drought last year wilted a lot of summer flowers. This year you can avoid the disappointment by planting Madagascar Periwinkle. Where it is hot, sunny and ...
Royal Full-time Flower Arranger
One of the luxuries Prince Charles allows himself is to have a personal flower arranger.
For ten years now Sarah Champier-Lowe has been arranging flowers for the Prince. She has decorated ...
Driving Ambition
I enjoy my day working as a driver for Flowers24hours.co.uk It gets me out and about all over London, and sometimes further afield. But there is one less than carefree ...
Thinking Outside the Box Makes Better Flower Arrangements
Flowers always add beauty to a home and you don’t have to break the bank to have wonderful arrangements in your home.
Frances Bailey from Country Living Magazine encourages thinking outside ...
Mississippi the Land of Wildflowers
Last year Mississippi saw a great drought. This year there has been plenty of rain and the beauty of the state has returned. Countryside roads are almost like jungles, full ...
Pollution is killing Flowers
The scent of flowers may become a thing of the past, say researchers, who suggest pollution is destroying the natural perfume.
As well as swamping the more delicate fragrances, pollution breaks ...
Flower pots planted before Beijing Olympics
Gardeners in Beijing are working furiously to plant 40 million flowers throughout the city in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in August.
Workers are expected to plant 5 million pots ...
Forget-me-nots Should be Left Alone to Grow Wild
There are certain flowers which shouldn’t be kept under control but allowed to grow at their own will. One of these flowers is forget-me-nots, a type of biennial that is ...
