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, ...

Roses are red. Violets are blue. We love flower names, what about you? We can assume a lot of people feel the same way about names that mean flower by looking at data from the U.S. Social Security ...

Flower names can sound as sweet as their botanical counterparts smell. Some florally inspired monikers, like Rose, Daisy and Lily, are so commonly used for people that we might forget they have such ...

If you are a gardener, florist, or lover of nature, then you likely find the vast diversity of flowers and all of their unique features mesmerizing. With the sheer number of different species, hybrids ...

Today, hundreds of thousands of species of flowering plants have officially been classified, and more are recorded each year. With such vast plant diversity, discovering new flowers for yourself can ...