Flowers

Home & Garden
Create a Southern Hanging Basket to Remember
Billowy and beautiful plant ideas for sun and shade

Home & Garden
Nature’s Chandelier
Add the wild summer vine to your next dinner party

Home & Garden
Summer-Thriving Blooms (and More Floral Arranging Secrets)
The Atlanta floral designer Shean Strong talks how to develop a theme, flowers that can take the heat, and why his grandmother is his biggest inspiration

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Beautiful Bulbs to Plant Now for a Spectacular Spring
A new mail-order resource offers gorgeous flowers

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The Best Shrubs for Southern Summers
Experts weigh in on the best you-can’t-kill-’em plants for your garden

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The Best Heirloom Daffodils for Southern Gardens
An expert’s beautiful new book celebrates flowers of all kinds, but right now, it’s daffodil time

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Fall Bulbs for Spring Blooms
Shop for interesting flowers to plant now for a spectacle come spring

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Floating An Idea
Bowls of water keep quick-to-wilt gardenias going

Southern Accent
A Winter Floral Arrangement
When life gives you lemons…turn them into a fruitful bouquet

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The Southern History of the Poinsettia
A primer on the favorite holiday bloom

Home & Garden
How to Pair a Vase with the Right Flowers
The key to interesting floral displays? The vessels. Here are tips for pairing three

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Martha Stewart’s Southern Flower Style
In her new book, the world-renowned hostess shows how to create gorgeous arrangements with favorite blooms from her gardens

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The Easy Art of Waxing Flowers
An old-fashioned Southern floral preservation technique is ripe for revival

Books
The Art of the Centerpiece
A closer look at contemporary floral design in a new book about farm-to-vase flowers

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How to Order Flowers the Right Way
Expert advice for sending beautiful blooms

Arts & Culture
Brilliant Blooms: See the Dahlias in North Carolina
Detour-worthy dahlia destinations in Western North Carolina

In the Garden
Field to Vase
A thriving crop of Southern floral designers are bringing homegrown style to the table

Gardens
Special Delivery: Southern Antique Roses
Not all roses are created equal

In the Garden
The Orchid House
While most Southern gardens are asleep for the winter, this orchid enthusiast’s house is rife with tropical blooms