Truly, friends, we do live in an age of technological wonders. Thanks to a decision by a federal judge, a Detroit-area florist plans to resume tests of flower delivery via drone. » 3/13/14 2:30pm 3/13/14 2:30pm

The next time you see a flower growing by the curb, consider this: Paul Harfleet has planted 10,000 flowers in different cities around the world, but not because he's just into random urban beautification. Each bloom marks a homophobic attack. » 4/16/13 7:00pm 4/16/13 7:00pm

There are some angry people out there this Valentine's Day, thanks to ProFlowers delivering some jankity bouquets. Unless there's a beautiful arrangement hidden inside an ugly-ass facade — kinda like the old man on Scooby Doo? — ProFlowers has some explaining to do. Of course, these might just be anomalies on the… » 2/15/13 12:00am 2/15/13 12:00am

Love everything about this, but especially the maid of honor's glasses and the lipstick. Huge version at the link! » 6/15/12 3:00pm 6/15/12 3:00pm

Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our recommendation… » 5/18/12 5:00pm 5/18/12 5:00pm

Anna Jarvis founded Mother's Day in 1914 as an effort to honor her mother, who'd founded a Mother's Friendship Day during the Civil War as a way to foster peace. Jarvis had included white carnations in the first unofficial celebration of Mother's Day she'd organized in 1908, and florists, seeing an opportunity for… » 5/13/12 11:15pm 5/13/12 11:15pm

Over the past week, Philadelphia, the city of steaks and the cheeses who love them, hosted the most venerable indoor flower show in all the land. That is, it had been the most venerable flower show in all the land until this year when somebody decided that what would really propel the event into the 21st century was a… » 3/11/12 8:00pm 3/11/12 8:00pm

This is Slavoj Žižek, but you probably already know him because he is the man of your dreams and you are hoping to marry him one day. Expect your feelings to intensify as you listen to his delightful/romantic rants about how flowers are just growing sets of vagina teeth. » 2/21/12 4:45pm 2/21/12 4:45pm

If you didn't get any flowers this year for Valentine's Day, don't take it personally just yet. Turns out there's some serious chaos happening at all the major flower retailers, and it's already ruined a lot of people's Valentine's Days. It's probably a wasteland out there of scolded spouses, awkward evenings, and… » 2/14/12 11:55pm 2/14/12 11:55pm

This fall the first blue roses will go on sale in the U.S. and Canada. Roses can't produce blue pigments, so every blue rose you've ever seen was actually a dyed white rose. But after 20 years of research, a Japanese company has developed a genetically modified that's the closest true blue rose yet. They're great if… » 9/16/11 10:20am 9/16/11 10:20am

Sorry, Edible Arrangements — you are no longer the desired gift-by-delivery of choice. It's not your fault, though. Nobody can compete with flowers that look like puppies. » 6/02/11 5:36pm 6/02/11 5:36pm

Deutsche Bank head Josef Ackerman said he hoped his lady-free board would "be prettier and more colorful one day." A minister, Ilse Aigner, replied: "Whoever wants things more colorful and beautiful should go to a flower meadow or a museum." » 2/08/11 11:45am 2/08/11 11:45am

NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 05: French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrives at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. (Image via Getty) » 12/05/10 4:05pm 12/05/10 4:05pm

Apparently the carnation, that stalwart of prom boutonnieres and deli bouquets, is hot. Plan accordingly. » 10/25/10 6:47pm 10/25/10 6:47pm

[London, May 24. Image via Getty] » 5/24/10 2:10pm 5/24/10 2:10pm