10 Ornamental Flowers You Can Cook With or Eat in Salads
Ornamental flowers are often edible, and here are 10 varieties great for salads, drinks, desserts, and stir fries.
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Tourists Come to See Tulips in Holland Once Again, Grabbing Incredible Photos of Spring - LOOK
Photographers are visiting the stunning kaleidoscope of colors bursting into bloom in Holland's tulip fields for the first time since COVID.
Canadian Millionaire Donates His Life Savings to Plant 100,000 Daffodils - And They've Just Begun to Bloom
The valley of daffodil bulbs was planted after a dying wish by Keith Owen, who planned to retire in Sidmouth in Devon, in the southwest of England.
Woman Races to Save World's Largest-and Stinkiest-Flower, the 3-ft Wide 'Corpse Flower'
The flower stinks like rotting meat in order to attract flies, its major pollinators; only one botanist has successfully grown them.
These 4 Endangered Flowers Will Not Perish Under Florida Bulldozers
Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, these four fragile shrubs will be given a fighting chance against building projects that threaten their survival.
Buckwheat Wildflower Discovered 69 Years After Disappearing
After years of failed breeding attempts to save this sweet wildflower species, a small crop of the endangered blooms brought hope to scientists' hearts.
Man Places Bouquets of Flowers in Trash Cans for Stressed New Yorkers
These trash cans aren't overflowing with garbage – they're overflowing with beautiful blossoms instead.
10,000 New Yorkers Given Roses Today on International Happiness Day
It's almost impossible not to smile while watching these surprised New Yorkers being given free fresh roses in honor of being happy.
Officer Sends Flowers To Crying Woman She Pulled Over For Speeding
When a cop pulled over a driver for speeding, she found the driver crying over her mother's move to hospice. The officer's response earned her honors.
Sunflowers Planted in Japan to Absorb Radiation and Lift Hopes
To combat excessive radiation levels in the agricultural regions surrounding the Fukushima nuclear plant, monks at a Japanese Buddhist temple began growing and distributing sunflowers, which are known to absorb radiation. Hundreds of thousands of flowers are now in bloom, spurring deeper connections between people in Fukushima and the rest of the country.
Flower Farm Invites Depressed Neighbors Over - and Eventually Helps Them Out of Their Rut
The couple who owns the Vermont flower farm has welcomed thousands of visitors over the years - and it's not necessarily because they were paying customers.
Harry and Meghan Donate Royal Wedding Leftovers to Cheer Up Hospice Patients
The recipients were delighted to receive such sweet-smelling gifts from the Royal Family – especially since the gifts honored Princess Diana, too.
100,000 Free Tulips Are Yours for the Picking on Saturday for American Tulip Day
If you're a self-proclaimed flower-lover, then what better way to celebrate the beginning of March than picking up a free bouquet of tulips?
When Tearful Man Sees Bald Lady Alone in Car, He Returns to Buy Her Flowers (Watch)
Quintin Conway tells the world in a tearful video last month, on the day he dubbed ‘Perspective Tuesday,' about an urge he had to buy a bald lady flowers.
Unsold Flowers Become Bouquets for Hospice Patients on Valentine's Day
With the help of florists and grocery stores that donate unused flowers, The Bloom Project in Oregon works with 20 hospices to brighten the surroundings for people nearing their end of life, and gives them something pleasant to talk about.
Wisconsin Man Plants 4-Mile Stretch of Sunflowers in Tribute to Late Wife
A stretch of farmland usually reserved for corn and beans is now home to four miles of saluting sunflowers, planted in memory of his wife who died of cancer.
Teen Boy Does Sweet Thing for All 834 Girls At School-What a Valentine!
This Utah teen is giving cupid a run for his money after spending hundreds of dollars out of pocket to make the girls at his school feel special.
Sunflowers Planted in Japan to Absorb Radiation and Lift Hopes
To combat excessive radiation levels in the agricultural regions surrounding the Fukashima nuclear plant, monks at a Japanese Buddhist temple began growing and distributing sunflowers, which are known to absorb radiation. Hundreds of thousands of flowers are now in bloom, spurring deeper connections between people in Fukushima and the rest of the country.
Discarded Flowers Reused in Random Acts of Kindness
Larsen Jay is a man who knows the power of flowers and the joy they can bring. After being confined in a hospital and sharing his many bouquets with patients whose rooms were empty of color, he created Random Acts of Flowers to repurpose leftover and discard flowers in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Wife Gets Valentine's Flowers From Husband After His Death
After being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor a year ago, a Wyoming husband made secret arrangements with a local florist so that his wife will always get flowers on Valentine's Day.
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