For the past several weeks, family members and friends have gathered at the home of Mary Stutz every evening to watch an unattractive, strangling place transform into a thing of beauty. The plant, an ...

These bright delights have cemented a place in literature and popular culture; Shakespeare included the primrose flower as a symbol in many of his plays. More recently, in Suzanne Collins’ 2008 young ...

Just as each month has its own assigned astrological signs, specific flowers are associated with every month of the year. These designated blooms, known as birth flowers, embody the character traits ...

If you've got a February birthday or know someone born in this winter month, you have your pick of some beautiful birth flowers (see what we did there?). From the gorgeous iris to the pretty primrose, ...

Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the common primrose flower (Primula vulgaris), first noted as important by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago ...

Driving along Texas roads in the spring can be classified as nothing short of extraordinary as the roadsides are adorned with wildflowers that have splashes of color ranging from blue to pink to ...

So much of how we identify ourselves in this world is connected to when we're born. From our zodiac sign to the birthstone jewelry we wear, these symbols of who we are show up all around us—in the ...

On Aug. 18, I was slowly cruising an Ottawa County rural lane bordering Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge encompasses about 7,000 acres along the shore of Lake Erie, east of Toledo. Birds ...

Israeli scientists at Tel Aviv University say they have found a flower that hears the approach of pollinating bees and hawk-moths and produces extra and sweeter nectar in response. Using the evening ...

Having mastered the art of cooking with Primroses, Susan Clark is hoping Jane Austen or the local Vicar might just pop round for afternoon tea ... Primroses. I can't think of any flower that shouts ...