It may seem hard to believe but flowers are not just pretty to look at and to pick, they are actually good to eat too.
Spring blossoms used to be very popular to eat. Nowadays, we only eat the stems, roots, leaves and fruits of plants.
According to Dorothy Bay, a professor of biology at Missouri Southern State University; it is not …

It is a well know adage that April showers bring May flowers. However, this saying is more myth than fact. It is not entirely true that the pouring rain in April is what causes flowers to bloom in May.
Sometimes the rain that falls in September can be just as helpful depending on the type of flower you are looking at. …

Here at Flowers24hours.co.uk we all love chocolate. Some of our favourites come from the Swiss company of Lindt and Sprungli, in the tradition of Switzerland’s confectionery manufacture. We stock many different sizes of selection from small to large.

Rodolphe Lindt was probably the most famous chocolate-maker of his day. In 1879 he developed a technique by which he could manufacture chocolate …

The Corpse Flower – technically known as Titan Arum – as the name indicates has one of the most putrid smells among flowers. This flower blooms about every 15 years only, and it is about to bloom at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory. It gives off a scent that is quite similar to the smell of flesh rotting and even been …

It’s always thrilling to get a bouquet of fresh cut flowers, but everyone has problems with getting them to last long. It doesn’t matter if they are daisies, lilies or roses, there are several things you can do to make them last much longer.
Rehan yar Khan, flower specialist and CEO of an online flower company says, “Caring for flowers does …

The Gallery in Bowen Island is now showing paintings by Anne Beatty. This collection is called The Language of Flowers. Flowers and gardens are represented in many different ways in 23 different paintings. She uses acrylic on canvas and paper. There is also a range of sizes, from the very small to extremely large paintings.
Anne writes, “I became fascinated with …

Flowers and scents go together.
Our gift business includes many soaps, perfumes and bath products, for men and women. We have recently added some new products: boxed bath sets from Winter in Venice and artisanal floral soaps from Marseilles. Some products are sold as a combination gift of fresh flowers and scents or soaps.
The scents that we have available in various …

Its easy to get confused at such a difficult time.
So here is an easy guide to what is what.
For Christian funerals a cross is popular: these can be flower based or made with foliage and flowers. They vary in size up to about five foot long to be placed on top of the coffin. This large type will usually …

The Garden and Flower Show in Troy, New York is in full swing, regardless of the fact that a sheet of snow is still covering the ground. People of this snowy region get to experience the wonderful, flowery, fragrances of spring at this show, though it hasn’t begun yet.
For garden-lovers there are more than 100 types of flower designs, in …

When someone gives me a bouquet of flowers my first decision is where to put them.
Some people study the serious art of Feng Shui, but there are some basic commonsense rules for all to follow.
There are two considerations here: making the flowers keep longest; and where they will be best seen. Two places often chosen can be very bad …