The 90-year-old Celeste Caeiro, known as Celeste of the Carnations, taking part in the 50th anniversary parade of the Carnation Revolution earlier this year - PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA ...

This year marks 120 years since the Lamborn Red flower, created in Alliance, was honored. McKinley said he considered the flower good luck in his political life. As still was the case on Sept. 6, 1901 ...

In the United States, Mother’s Day is an annual holiday occurring on the second Sunday of May. It is celebrated worldwide and recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds, in general, as well as ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The flowers look like they have been tossed into the air, or onto a stage at a Maria Callas performance,” says ...

Remember the days when we knew the flower lexicon by heart? Lilies for funerals, roses for Valentine's Day... and carnations - strictly for cheapskates who shopped at the petrol station. Now, though, ...