Pincushion Flower Identification “I saw this beautiful flower (above) while visiting my son in Vermont. What is the name of it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Samantha Bisceglia of Sarasota, Florida.

Flower color in ornamental plants not only enhances their aesthetic appeal but also reflects complex evolutionary histories. In Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum), researchers have unraveled how ...

SINGAPORE – Flowering plants are popular additions to any garden, as they inject colour and beauty into a landscape. But colour is only one part of their charm. The sweet scent of these blooms not ...

Vines can add a new dimension to your garden. Many are grown for their vibrant flower colors, and there are several great locally available native vines to consider adding to your landscape. All will ...

Here is what we know about their safety and how they’ll be used. By Alice Callahan and Dani Blum On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved three new “natural” food ...

The new color approvals include a 2021 petition from the French company Fermentalg to allow galdieria extract blue; a 2023 petition from Innophos Inc. of Cranbury, New Jersey, to allow calcium ...

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U.S. regulators said Friday that they would allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation’s food supply. It comes after health officials pledged a sweeping ...

WASHINGTON — Springtime in D.C. just got a whole lot brighter! The 86th Annual Flower Mart is blooming this weekend at the Washington National Cathedral, promising two days packed with flowers, fun, ...

Since Darwin's time, the phenomenon known as flower constancy -- i.e., where insects consistently visit the same flower type even when many others are also present -- has been understood as a passive ...