Dried flowers are not always beloved. Less colorful and fragrant than their former selves, they are, at their very worst, associated with dusty homes and death. But what if, like artificial flowers, ...

The rainbow of blooms starts with red starflower and fades into mustard billy balls, green ferns and blue thistle. There are buckets of grasses and palms upstairs and even more flowers hang overhead.

Now that gardens are in full bloom and floral shops are teeming with inexpensive flowers, it’s easy to fill vases in our homes with fresh-cut stems. The season’s bounty can last year round, however, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the hottest trends in floral design right now is creating dried arrangements that last for years ...

Dried flowers, berries and vines make for beautiful fall arrangements. Paul Epsom invites his assistant Susan to show you many ways to keep those garden remnants in your home all winter.

Dried flowers can be a hard sell. I learned as much first-hand during a high school summer job as a florist’s assistant. After a customer rebuffed my suggestion to add some stems of purple statice – a ...

HAWTHORNE — Cathy Miller knew she was on to something when Pope John Paul II admired one of her dried-flower creations. Her husband surprised her with a trip to Vatican City, and she brought a shadow ...

One of the hottest trends in floral design right now is creating dried arrangements that last for years (no replacing water or adding flower food to a vase every few days? Sign us up!). Fall flower ...