From left: an open lei with shells, pincushion protea and braided dracaena leaves; a poepoe-style (rounded) carnation lei ...

Another favourite among the hundreds of available varieties is Protea ‘Special Pink Ice’, whose superb flowers look just as ...

South Africa has some of the most diverse, visually striking flora, with many native plants and flowers, such as the King ...

Only six years old at the time, I was at first put off by these garish plants. Such strange and vibrant flowers seemed out of place among the respectable beans, peppers, spinach, and other ...

Winter is full of seasonal delights, but we don’t normally associate this time with vibrant flowers. Most plant species ...

Most sweet peas like to climb, so plant the seeds by a fence or some kind of trellis, even if they’re growing in a large ...

Scientists think they have the answer to a puzzle that baffled even Charles Darwin: How flowers evolved and spread to become the dominant plants on Earth. Flowering plants, or angiosperms ...

"We like to build wreaths on a grapevine base, using dried and preserved foliage like protea pods ... and preserved flowers can stay virtually perfect for years, some varieties can be delicate ...

Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female because their flowers have both male parts and female parts. Pollen in plants is like sperm in animals. It comes from the male part of the ...