Winter pansies, also known as ice pansies, are a favorite in the Southern garden for a reason: They can stand downright ...

What’s behind a name? Lots most of the time. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s a mystery, but often it’s botanical. Curiosity got the best of me, as it often does, and I set out to learn about ...

The New York Botanical Garden has named a flower “The Divine Miss M” in honor of Bette Midler. It’s been planted in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Midler’s ...

Roses are red, violets are blue. Which of these pretty flower names is growing on you? If you're like most parents today, then names like Violet, Lily and Ivy are at the top of your list - after all, ...

Picking out the perfect baby name is a lot like picking a flower out of a garden or an apple off of a tree. On one hand, “green thumbs’ are looking for that vibrant, aromatic, freshly-bloomed flower ...

Flower names can sound as sweet as their botanical counterparts smell. Some florally inspired monikers, like Rose, Daisy and Lily, are so commonly used for people that we might forget they have such ...

Would a plant by any other name stink so bad? An extremely rare corpse flower dramatically bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Friday for the first time in Big Apple history — unleashing a putrid ...