Search Results for 'Flowers'

Exotic flowers help bees stay busy in winter

Recent years have seen an unusual rise in the number of bees about in the cold winter months, and scientists are now beginning to find out why. While most bees are hibernating, the buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, is out taking [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Keep those Flowers Coming!

Valentine's day is over now, and the chocolates are eaten and the flowers are faded. But thank heavens for this holiday, which falls at a time of year when many folks are feeling, well, just BLAH! But didn't those roses feel good [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Flowers for the laobaixing

Qin Lingjun, a stall owner selling potted orchids in Huaxiang Flower Market, is ready for the high season. "Days near National Day and Spring Festival are the best periods for the flower market. Many people buy orchids as gifts or t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

The Autumn Green Tea flowers blooming

Green tea is grown in Korea on Jeju Island and in Southern parts of Korea. Green tea was first introduced to Korea during the reign of Queen Seondeok. Tea helps ward off drowsiness and invigorates one's mind and body, so Buddhist monks u [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Hospital flowers not harmful, report claims

Many hospitals have banned fresh flowers on wards amid concern that they could harbour potentially harmful bacteria or pose a health and safety risk. But new research and a survey among staff and patients at the Royal Brompton Hospital an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Flowers of Morristown - Digital Photo Exhibit at Morristown ...

Stan Freeny's digital photography exhibit on Flowers of Morristown is currently on display in the F.M. Kirby Gallery at the Morristown & Morris Twp Library . The display are images of flowers and other colorful plants grown in the Morr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Opensourcing GM flowers - Biopiracy in the name of art

Imagine a do-it-yourself genetic piracy kit where you could clone GM plants in your own kitchen and, if you were crazy enough, set them free. Well that’s exactly what the Common Flowers. Flower Commons project has set out to do: reve [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Heirloom annuals: Zinnias, morning glories and other old-fas...

Much has been said about the virtues of heirloom vegetables. Bred for taste, not looks, they can be among the best tomatoes, melons, squash and beans you'll ever eat. But let us also praise heirloom annuals, grown for looks and not (general [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Colourful wild flowers of Belle - the gift of nature during ...

With the rainy season at its peak, the nature has thrown up its beauty in the form of colourful wild flowers which can be seen by those keen observers and having a penchant for love and beauty of nature. The wild flowers are found in differ [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Flowers, Fruit and Fall Foliage

A garden without viburnum is akin to life without music and art." So says well-known horticulturalist Michael Dirr, Ph.D., and who am I to argue? Since declaring his love of viburnums, Dirr has gone one step further and devoted one of [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Saying it with flowers in a squalid city

A small stretch of squalid Calcutta is blooming. White and pink and mauve. The stretch of the Bypass in front of the Salt Lake stadium gate provides a sight for sore eyes — a delightful row of flowering shrubs on the boulevard. The s [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Flowers plants for your garden and house

Flowers are most powerful as living plants. Flowers are made to heal emotional and spiritual pain, stress and bring sunlight into your heart and life. There is no one on earth you can truly say he needs no healing, no love at all - hence [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Comparing Fresh & Silk flowers

The journey of life is full of special moments, celebrations and jubilations. Sending fresh and silk flowers at such times make these moments more beautiful and special. Often buying fresh lilies or buying silk flowers involves great emotio [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

The sea of yellow sunflowers that makes us forget summer has...

It is a sea of yellow that stretches almost to the horizon.Seventy acres of stunning sunflowers are giving Wiltshire a seasonal feel despite August's washout weather. The flowers are the latest booming crop to hit the UK, with a bumper har [...]