CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s a Mother’s Day rite of passage to buy the moms in our lives bouquets of fresh flowers to let them know how much we love and appreciate them. Rather than stopping by a grocery ...

‘The best flowers are the ones grown closest to you,’ says florist Jane Marx, founder of The Beautiful Bunch ahead of Mother’s Day.Photograph: Francois Marx Melbourne florist Jane Marx, founder of ...

You can remove any guard petals and thorns from flowers like roses, too. Once your flowers have been properly prepared, fill a vase with water. "Warm water nudges blooms to open, and cooler water ...

Local cut flowers are hot stuff these days as farmers and small-scale growers cash in on the popularity of fresh bouquets, and home gardeners continue a trend that caught on during COVID-19 cocooning.