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These French women grow flowers for Dior for a living
“Banana! Today, it’s banana,” Carole Biancalana declares, pressing a star-shaped bloom to her nose. A basket swings from her freckled forearm. Her hair is the colour of a wheat field. From July to October, the flower grower’s land is speckled...
U.S. Botanic Garden Is Celebrating Its 200th Birthday
The big anniversary for the U.S. Botanic Garden comes as plants experience something of a millennial-driven moment. One of the lushest spots in Washington celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. The U.S. Botanic Garden , the oldest continuously operating botanic...
Orchids: Raising orchid seedlings
These first bloom seedlings of Meghan Markle’s namesake cattleya show the range of lovely colors possible from hybrids. Results like this encourage breeders to continue their work. These seedlings were recently taken out of flasks and planted in trays with small...
Home grown: how exotic blooms can be guilt-free
An overflowing vase of unseasonably fiery flowers is the perfect antidote to winter. But if you worry about how far imported blooms have travelled, and at what cost to the environment, brightening up your room needn’t be a guilty pleasure: a cut flower producer on the...
J. Berry introduces two new Hollywood Hibiscus varieties
There is a deep pipeline in the breeding program behind the Hollywood Hibiscus line, and J. Berry has introduced two new Hollywood Hibiscus varieties in 2020: Disco Diva and Trophy Wife. Disco Diva features blooms of orange and fuchsia ruffled flowers, and Trophy Wife...Latest News
