Floral scents begin as oils that are produced by the petals in most plants. Because these oils evaporate easily in warm weather, scientists call them volatile compounds. The aroma of a flower may ...

Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one flower to another ... to the fuchsia's bright red sepals and purple petals, this pollinator can visit hundreds of flowers ...

Preserving flower petals is not just a way to hold onto memories ... Drying flowers is a slightly different process than ...

There are a few different ways to preserve your bouquet ... like using a wooden flower press or air drying a bouquet. These ...

Charles Darwin proposed a simple explanation. He believed bees chose the same flowers again and again because switching would ...

Every month's full moon is named something different, with most taking their names from important ... April is a big month ...

Gerbera flower types In gerbera, three different flower types are distinguished ... Whorl 2: Gerbera flowers usually have five petals. Dorsal petals are thin and threadlike in ray and trans florets ...

It no longer needs its colourful petals, scent or nectar. But before it dies, the flower will produce seeds ... Plants spread their seeds in lots of different ways. This is called seed dispersal.

Ivy: But the petals are purple, why is my nose orange? Posey: That's just the pollen on the stamen; there are lots of tiny bits inside the flower, they all have different jobs. Ivy: Is one of ...