Posts tagged with "floriography":

One of the aspects of the history of gardening and cultivated plants I find most fascinating is the period of time during which there was a commonly known and accepted culture around giving plants and bouquets of flowers to friends, lovers, and enemies with hidden (or not-so-hidden) messages. If propriety meant one could not express one’s true feelings out loud or even in written form, one could send a message in a coded language that one hoped would be decoded by the recipient. The only meaning for a...

What's good to plant right now? If you're in the northern hemisphere, it's a GREAT time to plant ZINNIAS! Zinnias, native to the Southwest US, Mexico, and Central and South America, are consistently some of our most popular annuals and bestsellers, and for good reason. Zinnias are easy to grow from seed and, if planted now, will be blooming for a long fall season. Zinnias are facultative short-day plants, which means that they will flower faster and more copiously when growing in the progressively...