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When dropping hints about gifts to your Valentine, mention these pet-safe flowers to consider and toxic species to avoid.

If you're already growing hydrangeas in your home garden, you can easily multiply the flowers in a few simple steps.

When a California nursery owner realized his rare corpse flower was blooming, he found a way to share it with as many people as possible.

We tested popular flower delivery services like 1-800-Flowers, The Bouqs Co., ProFlowers, and FTD to see which has the best rose bouquets for Valentine's Day.

This corpse flower is ready for her closeup.

The corpse flower smells similar to rotting flesh, dead fish, or Camembert cheese that’s been left out all night.

From love spoons to obligatory chocolate-giving, here are some ways people will be celebrating Valentine’s Day around the world this year.

Take in the sights and scents while roaming 25 acres of lavender fields at Mayfield farm in Banstead, UK.

A 45-minute train ride from Amsterdam, Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands is home to millions of flowers, including the tulips the region is known for.

The Kawachi Wisteria Garden in Fukuoka, Japan

Planning a trip to Japan in April or May? You're in luck. There's a good chance you'll get to see both cherry blossoms and wisteria.

Belgium's Hallerbos forest turns blue each spring when innumerable bluebells blanket the ancient woodland.

These games are almost as relaxing as taking care of a real garden.

Subtle she is not.

Thanks to new research, we can look forward to sweeter-smelling roses in the future.

Warm temperatures mean that national parks are seeing plants emerge from winter earlier.

The devices pump real pollen, which bees can then carry to real plants.

The land of the cube-shaped watermelon has produced the first blue mum.

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Previous attempts to dissect the full sunflower genome have all been unsuccessful.

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Tourists looking for the perfect Instagram shot can leave damage that lasts for years.

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Sign up for a free packet of 500 wildflower seeds.

An unseasonably warm winter (what is seasonal anymore, anyway?) has forced organizers to start the capital’s beloved annual Cherry Blossom Festival one week early.