Annual statice blooms reliably to fill your garden and vases or to be featured in dried flower arrangements. Annual statice, a vivid Mediterranean flower, is noted for its papery, funnel-shape calyces ...

Compared to the magnificent size of dinnerplate dahlias or the heady fragrance of peonies, the diminutive, papery-thin blooms of statice may at first, appear underwhelming. However, this humble ...

“Where did you get those flowers?” my mother asked suspiciously when I, as a child, presented her with a bouquet of papery-dry blossoms. They were as blue as Egyptian lapis, their heads still held ...

I am the first to admit that I am a sucker for cut flowers. I love the colors, the textures, and the lovely aromas. It’s one of the reasons my garden is limited to flowers, herbs, and succulents. I ...