Flowers and insects share a remarkable partnership developed over millions of years. Insects help flowers reproduce by ...

Even though the drought this summer has been a huge setback for my garden, crisping up the lilacs and other shrubbery and will most likely result in a sub-par foliage season, one flower that has ...

"How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries" By David George Haskell (Viking, 352 pages, $32) David George Haskell will speak in Convocation Hall at Sewanee: The University of ...

This dazzling parade of perennial purple blooms will fill you with joy (and your neighbors with envy).

WHETHER you’re gifted with one or a dozen, flowers can’t help but put a smile on your face. Chalk it up to their stunning colors, their heady scent, or what they represent (is it friendship—or love?), ...

Colourful flowers, and the insects and birds that fly among their dazzling displays, are a joy of nature. But how did early relationships between flower colour and animal pollinators emerge? In a ...

In “How Flowers Made Our World,” David George Haskell makes a case for their soft power. By Adam Nicolson Adam Nicolson is the author, most recently, of “Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood.” When you ...