Floral

Now is the perfect time of year to plant Camellias. They are at the height of their bloom and beauty in early spring. Western Star Nursery, a wholesale nursery in the Bay Area and Sacramento, is offering discounts of up to 50 percent on many varieties of Camellias in 1, 5 and 15 gallon containers. It’s a great opportunity for nurseries, landscaping contractors and developers to take advantage of the spectacular beauty of camellias while many other plant varieties are dormant. …

Gardeners already are ripping out sensitive tropicals and shopping for cold-hardy plants as we bid goodbye to two winters of freezes. …

A cottage garden favorite, the bright and bold zinnia has earned the honor of being named Annual of the Year for 2011. Celebrate the year of the zinnia by filling your garden with colorful zinnias this year. …

CobraHead is pleased to introduce BioMarkerTM plant markers. BioMarkers are easy-to-read, durable, and ecologically friendly. …

Among the roses and tulips at the Philadelphia International Flower Show is something one might not expect to see: a laboratory. The microscope and fume hood pay homage to the French flower growers Vacherot and Lecoufle, the first to set up a commercial orchid cloning operation. …