Five things to do in the garden this week: Flowers. Although the bloom period of annual statice (Limonium sinuatum) stretches from summer to fall and is long enough for this species to earn a ...

Dried flowers are not always beloved. Less colorful and fragrant than their former selves, they are, at their very worst, associated with dusty homes and death. But what if, like artificial flowers, ...

The rainbow of blooms starts with red starflower and fades into mustard billy balls, green ferns and blue thistle. There are buckets of grasses and palms upstairs and even more flowers hang overhead.

These beautiful photos from Reddit gardeners will make you want to dry your own flowers ASAP – here’s the inspiration and ...

Dried flowers can be a hard sell. I learned as much first-hand during a high school summer job as a florist’s assistant. After a customer rebuffed my suggestion to add some stems of purple statice – a ...

To dry flowers, first cut the stems and remove any unwanted leaves or wilted petals. Air-drying and pressing are the simplest methods, but they can take several weeks. Silica gel is the quickest ...

HAWTHORNE — Cathy Miller knew she was on to something when Pope John Paul II admired one of her dried-flower creations. Her husband surprised her with a trip to Vatican City, and she brought a shadow ...