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What Did the Ancestor of All Flowers Look Like?
Tracing back the genetic tree of flowering plants millions of years, scientists recreate the predecessor of Earth’s flowers
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The Scientific Feat That Birthed the Blue Chrysanthemum
In a world first, scientists engineered the flowers to take on an azure hue
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Over 60,000 Plants Bloom Inside the World’s Largest Orchid Garden
Step inside Singapore’s National Orchid Garden, a collection that includes 600 newly created hybrid species
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Historical Pressed Flowers Accidentally Destroyed in Australia
The flowers are “literally irreplaceable”
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Why Morning Glories Could Survive Space Travel
The seed of the common garden flower could survive long journeys in space
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Meet Stinky ‘Bucky,’ the Bulbophyllum Orchid that Shutdown a Smithsonian Greenhouse
Orchid expert Tom Mirenda says history records the stench of this plant as reminiscent of a thousand dead elephants rotting in the sun
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California’s Lush Super Bloom Is Even More Stunning From Space
Satellite images captured an explosion of flowers stretching across California’s desert hills
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Thousands of Lego Daffodils Are Blooming in Britain
The brick-built botanicals celebrate the UK’s 2017 City of Culture
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Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly
Victorians were obsessed with vividly-colored wallpaper, which is on-trend for this year–though arsenic poisoning is never in style
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The Bee That Breaks Your Heart
Insects are hard-pressed to get protection as endangered species. Can one fuzzy anomaly beat the odds?
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The Beast’s Enchanted Rose Lasted a Decade. How Long Can a Real One Last?
A Smithsonian expert says the film’s was undoubtedly a hybrid tea rose
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Bumblebees May Smell Each Other’s Footprints to Keep Track of Flowers
In a new study, bumblebees were able to discriminate the foot odor left behind by their nestmates, strange bees and themselves
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12 Mesmerizing Places to Watch Flowers Bloom
Because there’s no better way exalt the end of winter than with millions of tulips, poppies and roses
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You Don’t Need to Wait for Spring to Enjoy the Smithsonian Gardens
This new tour guide will help you relax in these urban oases
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Could This Tiny Drone Covered in Sticky Goop Do the Work of Bees?
Well, it may not replace bees. But it’s a fun project nonetheless
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These Flowers Come Straight From the Farm to Your Door
By cutting out the middleman, this startup is aiming for better bouquets and a greener flower industry
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Why Orchids Belong in an Art Museum
Washington’s much-anticipated annual flower show moves to the Hirshhorn for the flora that loves to perform
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How the Poppy Came to Symbolize World War I
Red blooms help the world commemorate a bloody war
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Go Waist Deep Into the Largest Sunflower Farm in Northern Taiwan
Sunflower season is in full bloom in Taoyuan
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