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Wonderful Flower Craft Ideas for Kids & Parents in the Summer Vacations Kids love to do different things during summer vacations, and it is the time of the year when you get to spend quality time with them and help them enhance their skills in totality. In this post, we’ll talk about fun things your child can do with flowers. 1. Making flower bouquets...

Flower Industry and Flower Shopping in India With the ever so rising demand of fresh flowers not only within India but also in the World, the floral business in India is developing at a rapid pace. It is one of the fastest growing businesses of India right now. Many businesses are dependent on the flower industry such as perfumes which give a natural fragrant...

Future of Flower Industry in India The Floral Industry is one of the fastest grown and major commercial businesses of India and due to the increase in awareness and high demand, flowers are predominantly becoming one of the fastest growing commodities in the Indian society. Flowers were never cultivated on a commercial basis a few decades ago but a recent shift in the situation...

Process of Flower Export Floral Industry is one of the major industries in many developed and developing countries across the World. Floriculture dates back to the late 1800’s and it all began in England where flowers were grown in large numbers in vast various estates. Coming to the present, it is a more dynamic, multinational and fast paced industry that has achieved massive growth...

What kind of flowers grow in Rainy Season Whether you are a lover of nature or not, you will love the magic of seasons that impacts the natural environment around you. One such example is the impact that the monsoons have on flowers. Different flowers bloom in different seasons. Difference in temperatures, soil pH level and climatic conditions are the primary reasons that different...

Teachers’ day is right around the corner, and the stressful moments of discussions and voting at every school and in every classroom have certainly gotten a lot louder and indecisive. Teachers’ day is, of course, a day that is celebrated in the student community with much gusto and eagerness. Known to be the birthday of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, it is one day when students...

The Benefits of Sending Flowers Online Finding the perfect birthday present can be difficult, especially if the person you’re shopping for seems to have everything or you don’t know what he or she does and doesn’t have. Fortunately, flowers are a gift that never go out of style, and you can never have too many flowers. Something about giving someone flowers always seems to...

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Flowers that help in fighting cancer Periwinkle This pretty plant from Madagascar gives us two very important cancer-fighting medicines: vinblastine and vincristine. Vinblastine has helped increase the chance of surviving childhood leukaemia from 10% to 95%, while vincristine is used to treat Hodgkins’ Disease. Traditional Madagascan healers used the rosy periwinkle for treating diabetes. This led to its study by western scientists who then...

Popular Flowers Festival of India Festivals of flowers are very popular among the people of India. There are a number of festivals held in various parts of the country. Tulip festival is one of the most popular flower festivals in India. The festival is a great way to capture the flowering tulips of Kashmir as Srinagar has Asia’s largest tulip garden. The Tulip Festival...

Popular Spring Flower Tulips Facts Tulip(Tulipa), is a genus of single seed-lobe plants from the Lilium family (Liliaceae). Originally, the flower comes from Hungary. By conquests of Süleyman I this area came under Ottoman influence. This was the reason that the flower ended up in Turkey. Later it was spotted in Turkey itself, where it became a popular spring flower, for the Turks a...

A flower has bloomed in space for the first time ever, aboard the International Space Station. On Saturday, American astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a photograph of a zinnia flower that had blossomed in the space laboratory. Kelly has been working there since March 2015 and has become the resident gardener on board. This accomplishment brings space explorers a step closer to growing fresh produce...

Turkish Halfeti Roses are incredibly rare. They are shaped just like regular roses, but their color sets them apart. These roses so black, you’d think someone spray-painted them. But that’s actually their natural color. These stunning black roses would make excellent props in a movie about witches and black magic, or in a heavy-metal video. There’s something extremely attractive about them, in an intense...

A grand show of flowers ‘Mahabaleshwar Flower Festival’ has been organized by Vaikunth Piramal at Piramal realty, Balkum where people can see 1 million flowers of different species & 18 differently themed gardens. Inspired by the Chelsea Flower Show of UK, the Vaikunth Flower Show was thrown open to the public on December 22 and will be there till January 3, 2016 This was...

Maharashtra’s answer to the Valley of Flowers, Kaas Plateau comes alive after the rains when the entire region is carpeted with flowers. Located 35 km from Mahabaleshwar, the plateau spread over 1000 hectare is a visual treat till October when the bloom lasts. The name ‘Kaas’ originates from the Kaasa tree. The leaves of the tree turn red from green as it matures. During...

Antirrhinums are a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. The Snapdragon or Antirrhinum exists in a series of different varieties. Their name comes from the fact that when you squeeze the delicate sides of the flowers you see a...

The Independence Day Lalbagh Flower Show from August 7 to 16 2015 welcomed visitors from across the country with the Glass House hosting nearly 800 aesthetic exhibits. The pièce de résistance this year was the replica of the Bangalore Palace created using 2 lakh Dutch roses, apart from the five Maharajas of Mysuru made using flowers. At least five lakh visitors thronged the venue....

There is a variety of flowers according to the types and seasons. Some of them are most popular and famous to their colors and occasions. These famous flowers include Rose, Jessica, Sarah, Azalea and Dahlia. There are many other flowers which we never consider as flowers such as Memphis Eve, Ocean and Apple. There are countless flower names which are famous in most of...

Flower Auction in Holland The Netherlands became the birthplace of the floriculture sector more than a century ago. In recent years, however, horticultural production has been increasing outside of Europe. It’s a trend that will continue in the coming years. The horticultural world is becoming increasingly internationalized, digitized and virtualized. The unique combination of specialized growers, collective trading platforms and specialist traders in sales...

The Hong Kong Flower Show 2014 organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department was held between 7 and 16 March at Victoria Park. The show attracted 550 000 visitors. Kalanchoe This year the theme flower was “Kalanchoe” and the theme was “Blossoms of Joy”. Over 200 organisations from 15 countries showcased exotic flowers, landscape and floral art displays. The participating countries were Mainland...