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Flowers

Kawazu cherry trees.

Kawazu Sakura Festival

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Sierra Madre Wistaria Vine.

Sierra Madre, California

Sierra Madre Wistaria Vine

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Cherry blossoms create enchanting flower tunnels.

Bonn Cherry Blossoms

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

Researchers in England Are Criss-Crossing Cropland With Wildflowers

They hope to attract helpful bugs.

Cara Giaimo January 31, 2018

The rare Ackaringa daisy.

Found: New Hope for an Endangered Desert Flower

Scientists and volunteers spent more than 100 hours scouring the Australian outback for the rare daisy.

Vittoria Traverso January 19, 2018

This peacock was part of the 2017 holiday show. Its tail feathers are made from kalanchoe and echeveria.

Toronto, Ontario

Allan Gardens Conservatory

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Evergreen wreaths hang from foggy windows.

The Toronto Greenhouse Where the Victorian Era Bursts Back to Life

Sheltered against the freezing winter, this plant show transports visitors back in time, and to a balmier climate.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 28, 2017

Permanently Closed

Bird's Botanicals

Kansas City, Missouri

Bird's Botanicals

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

Kingsland Wildflowers.

Brooklyn, New York

Kingsland Wildflowers

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Salep milk and a biscuit.

Salep

A flour made from orchid roots makes for a popular Turkish drink.

Little Paradise Lodge.

Mount Creighton, New Zealand

Little Paradise Lodge

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

The newly discovered orchid.

Found: An Orchid With Large Flowers and a Scent Like Champagne

Sarah Laskow October 4, 2017

The rose garden.

Panajachel, Guatemala

Atitlan Antique Rose Garden

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

John Bartram's garden house.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bartram's Garden

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

The three corpse flowers in the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory, on August 11.

3 Corpse Flowers Are About to Bloom in Washington, D.C.

They're expected to open up right around the solar eclipse on August 21.

Kelsey Kennedy August 11, 2017

A new study simulated floral evolution to come up with an idea of what the first flower might have looked like.

What Earth's First Flower Might Have Looked Like

Scientists are beginning to understand more about floral evolution.

Erik Shilling August 2, 2017

The 2010 dressing of Coffin Well in Tissington.

Tissington, England

Derbyshire Well Dressing

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

Buckingham, Virginia

The Light Of Truth Universal Shrine

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.