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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...