Forget that old song that goes "M is for the many things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old." There's a better suggestion for Mother's Day: Express your feelings with flowers and revive ...

Cheer Santy of Fiori Flowers on Chestnut Street in San Francisco recently designed a Mother's Day tussie-mussie for The Chronicle, using appropriate spring flowers to match sentiments that a loving ...

As well-intentioned a gift as they may be, big floral arrangements in tall glass vases tied with ribbons and stuck with a “Get Well” card in a plastic holder can add to a hospital patient’s woes.

Is it a tussie mussie, a bouquetiere, a porte-bouquet, a nosegay or a posey holder? This funnel-shaped metal object was a fashionable accessory with an important purpose. In medieval times, the ...

My grandmother used to make very small flower arrangements to give as gifts to hostesses. I have a lot of small rose bushes that will be blooming over the next few weeks and would like to make some of ...

On Valentine's Day many folks give flowers. The custom of picking flowers for a loved one goes back to the early days when people gave a flower that conveyed a special meaning. Even today a red rose ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As dogwoods sprout into pink starbursts in Livingston and daffodils make the last rounds in the borough’s gardens, botanical expert Skye Suter thinks about scooping up the ...

For many gardeners, January is simply a month to be gotten through. I know that is a negative attitude, but there you have it. I thought I'd steeled myself not to mind January, but it turns out I was ...