CLEVELAND, Ohio – When I was in high school, you needed a date to go to the Homecoming dance. Maybe not technically. But in 1994, when I was a freshman at Revere, it was unthinkable for a group of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

A: It's a nosegay/bouquet. In Victorian times, tussie-mussies conveyed the language of flowers. Each bloom sent a silent message. A rose, for example, represented love; a white lily purity. Kathy ...