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Art + Botany: Maher's Floral Motifs
By Anna Laurent
Thistles on the fireplace, poppies atop the columns, lilies in the windows—these are the organic designs that defined the style of Chicago architect George Washington Maher (1864-1926).
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Red | White | Anna Laurent | architecture | art + botany | Chicago | Design | flowers | thistle
Botanic Superlatives: Super Sunflowers
By Anna Laurent
Sunflowers can grow remarkably fast, and incredibly tall. Young gardeners, unwitting cultivators, and casual competitors have all planted extraordinary sunflowers—here's a look at some of the tallest (and the craziest, including one with 104 flower heads!).
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Yellow | Anna Laurent | botanic superlatives | flowers | painting | sunflower | tallest | van gogh | world records
Forcing Indoor Bulbs
By Kevin Lee Jacobs
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Now is the time to get forced bulbs ready—we show you how! Plus: How a gin cocktail keeps paperwhites short and manageable.
Related Topics: How-To | Blue | White | Yellow | Flowers | Bulbs | Container gardening | flowers | How-To | Kevin Lee Jacobs | Winter
First Lady of Flowers
By Paul O'Donnell
Dorothy Biddle was a pioneer in the world of American flower arranging, traveling around the country by bus and train from the late 1940s to the late 1950s, encouraging Americans everywhere to grow and arrange their own flowers. Her legacy lives on today in her company, Dorothy Biddle Service, run by her granddaughter, which continues to sell flower arranging supplies—now on the Internet.
Related Topics: Floral Arrangements | Orange | Pink | Red | books | Dorothy Biddle | Floral Arrangements | Floral Design | flower arrangements | flowers
Flower Arranging 101
By Deb Schwartz
Creating striking arrangements doesn't take a genius—or a florist. Our step-by-step guide about how to DIY flower centerpieces at home.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Red | White | Floral Design | cut flowers | Decor | DIY | Floral Arrangements | Floral Design | flower arrangements | flowers | How-To | interior decorating | shopping guides | Tools | vases
Gilding Lilies Photo Gallery
By Leah Eskin
A look at some of the new lily hybrids available for the bulb and cut flower market.
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Orange | Pink | Purple | Red | White | Yellow | Contemporary | flower arrangements | flower arranging | Flower guide | flowers | grow | lilies
Gilding Lilies
By Leah Eskin
It's the golden age for lilies, of the genus Lilium, with thousands of lily varieties. A short history of lily hybridization and why it's heating up now, more than ever.
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Orange | Pink | Purple | Red | White | Yellow | flower arrangements | flower arranging | Flower guide | flowers | lily | lilytopia
Art+Botany: Shakespeare's Plants
By Anna Laurent
The plants of tragedy, comedy, and history: a gallery of botanic references from the plays of William Shakespeare.
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Pink | Red | White | Anna Laurent | art + botany | flowers | language of flowers | literature | Trees
Art + Botany: Flora's Lexicon
By Anna Laurent
How to say "I love you?" Flora's Lexicon, an exhibit at Carnegie Mellon's Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, in Pittsburgh, is all about the language of flowers, and the institute will be having a free open house this Sunday and Monday.
Related Topics: Ideas | Anna Laurent | art | art botany | book | exhibit | flowers | language of flowers
Art + Botany: William Morris Wallpaper
By Anna Laurent
A room decorated with William Morris's colorful patterns offers a certain reassurance: teatime will always be sunny. The nineteenth-century designer applied his exquisite flora-based designs to textiles, tiles, and, of course, wallpaper. As if throwing open the heavy drapes, he ushered nature's forms inside the home. 
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