WHILE HOUSE HUNTING to relocate for a new job, Kristine and Lars Niki toured a home in Durham, Conn. The owners had left behind carpets, drapes and wallpaper exuberant with color and pattern, ...

Cher's all-floral statement bed, and the trend of characterful, pattern-filled bedrooms is returning this year ...

The search for nectar costs insects a lot of energy, so they have to be as efficient as possible. Colorful patterns on the petals can help with that. Be it mallow, foxglove or forget-me-not: many ...

First there was flower pressing, then there were decorative branches and ikebana arrangements. How about botanical embroidery as the next phase of floral design? When we spotted Olga Prinku's ...

Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns – not just colours – when searching for food, new research shows. A team led by the University of Exeter tested bee behaviour and built bee's-eye-view ...

There's a science behind the elegantly arranged bouquet of hydrangeas, or the bushel of roses with a trail of ivy a bride grasps as she walks down the aisle. Like many beautiful things, it takes work.

WHEN DESIGNERSJason Oliver Nixon and John Loecke, creators of the Madcap Cottage décor brand, decided to refresh their 1840s upstate New York home, they made an unconventionally conventional choice: a ...

Floral patterns are seemingly everywhere, but if you’re used to wearing solids and stripes, it can feel like a big leap to don a polo with a flower print. Justin Rose, a Bonobos ambassador since 2019, ...