Everyone knows the phrase, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." And sure, the name of a flower may not carry a whole lot of symbolism — but the meaning behind your favorite blooms can have ...

There's much more than meets the eye when it comes to summertime flowers: a bouquet of white hydrangeas might seem like the perfect summer hostess gift, but it turns out, the gesture has a ...

What’s behind a name? Lots most of the time. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s a mystery, but often it’s botanical. Curiosity got the best of me, as it often does, and I set out to learn about ...

In considering the meaning of names, William Shakespeare used a rose as an example. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," he wrote in "Romeo and Juliet." Even before Shakespeare's time, ...