Here’s How the 3-5-8 Flower Arranging Rule Works. Start with the 3. Start by choosing three main types of flowers. These are ...

Branches should be at least 1 foot long (18 inches is better), full of flower buds and cut on a day when the temperature is above freezing. Branches with large flower buds will bloom more quickly ...

For almost 2 centuries, botanists have debated where rafflesia plants, with their odd flowers, sit on the plant family tree. Early observers asked whether they were flowering plants or fungi.

Besides its branches, roots, and leaves, a mature tree also grows another important structure—the flower (or cone, in the case of evergreens). Flowers are the reproductive structures from which ...

In general, the earlier in the spring the tree or shrub flowers, the earlier it can be forced inside. I’ve had good results forcing branches to flower when pruning in the middle of March.