British chocolatier Richard Cadbury is credited for marketing the first Valentine's Day box in 1861 shaped like a heart.
Valentine’s Day is a day of love nestled in the middle of February. Some sweethearts use Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to show the people they care about just how deep those feelings run.
Chrysanthemum means “gold blossom” in Greek and symbolize fall.
—LSU AgCenter/Anna Ribbeck
We’ve had a brutally hot summer here in Louisiana this year.
Bulbs can be forced to bloom by providing the environmental conditions to encourage growth. Tulips are some of the earliest spring-blooming bulbs that can be forced early.
The late winter months may lack color in the landscape, but with proper planning and a little effort, you can create an early spring indoors or make a beautiful gift by forcing your own succession
Turk’s cap is a hummingbird favorite with its red tubular flowers. It makes an excellent flowering shrub for the landscape. Red tubular flowers are a food magnet for hummingbirds.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
Take a look around and you’ll see that many flowering perennials are beginning their fall bloom. One of the greatest admirers of these plants is the hummingbird, along with other pollinators.
Stock is a fragrant cottage flower commonly used in flower arrangements for its gorgeous blooms and clove-like scent.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
The garden can rouse each of the senses.
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