Flowers Tips & Advice

Container bouquets can add colour and texture to any space, inside or outdoors. Here's how to build a stunning arrangement.

Pressing flowers and leaves is the oldest and most commonly used method of preserving plant material. Here's what you need to know before getting started.

Air drying is the simplest and most natural method for preserving most varieties of flowers, grasses, and seed heads. This guide will show you how.

From ancient Egypt up to today, flowers have held a special power and place in our hearts. Here's some fun facts about flowers you might not have known.

To give your home a fragrance of spring or summer, you can make your own potpourri. This sweet-smelling blend of preserved flower petals and aromatic plant parts is easy to make. These tips will help.

Desiccant drying uses a drying agent to absorb the moisture from a flower. The result is a preserved flower with minimal shrinkage and nearly perfect shape and colour retention. We'll teach you how to desiccant dry and keep your important flowers int

A solution of glycerine and water may be used to preserve leaves and ferns to keep them soft and fresh. This process keeps the plant supple by replacing its moisture with glycerine. You will need glycerine (or substitute car radiator anti-freeze solu

Flowers and herbs were the original source of the pleasing scents used domestically to sweeten the air and perfume the body. These days potpourri is usually prepared by the simpler drying method. Here are some ideas of the kinds of fragrances you can

You'll occasionally need to prune your climbing plants, whether it's to repair winter damage or to prevent them from obscuring doors and windows. Fortunately, most climbers are easy to prune and maintain. Here's how.

Beautiful flowers often don't last long enough for us to fully enjoy them. Follow these tips for drying and pressing your delicate blooms and explore other uses for flowers, such as weaving sweet-smelling necklaces from daisies and dandelions.

Flowers and plants are an important asset to a home's decorating scheme. Fortunately, you don't have to be an expert to have healthy greenery and charmingly arranged flowers. Check out these three smart ways to buy and arrange cut flowers.

Flowers can brighten up spaces both indoors and out. These tips will help them grow and flourish.

Roses are one of the most fragrant and popular flowers that you can plant in your garden. Here are eight clever tips for selecting and maintaining your roses.

Dried flowers can make a very natural-looking floral arrangement that will last you a long time, and if you do the drying yourself, the cost is minimal. And dried roots, herbs and pine cones can combine to make potpourri.

When you receive a special flowering plant as a gift, it can be heartbreaking to have to toss it after the holidays, but it doesn't have to end that way. With a little effort, you can keep these plants from year to year, and get them to rebloom.

Fresh flowers are a great way to enjoy the colour and smells of spring inside and they don't need much looking after, but their days are numbered. Artificial and dried flowers can last indefinitely and do not need regular attention to keep them clean

Plants add beauty to our homes and gardens, but they can seem like a challenge. Here's how to keep your home bursting with colour and fragrance without sucking your wallet dry.

When you gather and arrange cut flowers with care, you can enjoy your vibrant bouquet for a longer time.

When planting a flower bed, the soil conditions and the bed's position play an important role. Choose a variety of flowers that bloom at different times to ensure your garden always looks colourful.

Some potted flowers can beautify a balcony, patio or deck with colourful blooms for the whole year. But if you live in a region with a cold winter, most plants need to be taken indoors and into containers.