This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Andean countries by boosting legal industries, like flower growing, with duty-free imports.

Only six years old at the time, I was at first put off by these garish plants. Such strange and vibrant flowers seemed out of place among the respectable beans, peppers, spinach, and other ...

This story appears in the March 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine ... ceiling above a forest clearing and lowered dozens of flowers into the opening on long, green stalks.

This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. A few years ago I was on an assignment in India. I had a day off, so I went to the Mullick Ghat flower market in Kolkata.

Girls sit for hours on flower altars in this ancient tradition ... This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. What makes a tradition—and why do people keep ...

When a local florist has leftover flowers, artist Raku Inoue finds a way to give them new life. This story appears in the August 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tropical plants aren ...

This story appears in the March 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... encouragement to give up that golden dust. The tomato flower, for example, needs a violent shake, a vibration ...