An agave “century plant” said to bloom only once every ... agave americana glowing near the pelican fountain in the first flower bed of the park. One park staff member noticed on May 17 ...

But it wasn't until the turn of the century that plant hunters, including Ernest Wilson, tracked down these trees and shipped seed back from China. This tall primrose with whorls of bell-shaped ...

From a flower which resembles a brain to a three-metre-tall plant that ... The first specimens were introduced to the UK in the nineteenth century by botanist Robert Fortune. They bloom in springtime.

along with the flower's anatomy. After re-examining the blossom, they concluded that the 19th-century scientists who first investigated the plant had misidentified it.

Owners of a New Castle flower and gift business can boast that their company has survived the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, the Korean War, the Vietnam War era and COVID-19 and ...