Forget that old song that goes "M is for the many things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old." There's a better suggestion for Mother's Day: Express your feelings with flowers and revive ...

Cheer Santy of Fiori Flowers on Chestnut Street in San Francisco recently designed a Mother's Day tussie-mussie for The Chronicle, using appropriate spring flowers to match sentiments that a loving ...

As well-intentioned a gift as they may be, big floral arrangements in tall glass vases tied with ribbons and stuck with a “Get Well” card in a plastic holder can add to a hospital patient’s woes.

Is it a tussie mussie, a bouquetiere, a porte-bouquet, a nosegay or a posey holder? This funnel-shaped metal object was a fashionable accessory with an important purpose. In medieval times, the ...

Tussie mussies are a sweet way to share garden flowers with someone special on May Day. May is Flower Month. What better compliment to a friend or loved one than giving a tussie mussie as a surprise ...

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EASTON — If you think the Valentine’s Day tradition of giving your sweetheart flowers and chocolates is a recent invention, you may be surprised to learn it actually dates back to the Victorian era.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As dogwoods sprout into pink starbursts in Livingston and daffodils make the last rounds in the borough’s gardens, botanical expert Skye Suter thinks about scooping up the ...