New genetic analyses are shaking the lowest living branch on the family tree of flowering plants. The question is: Should we move water lilies down to that ancient lineage? How ancient are water ...

In the world of lilies, there is nothing more spectacular than the growing number of stunning oriental X trumpet hybrid lilies, commonly known as orienpets. Marketed as "lily trees" by many garden ...

If looming sunflowers are not to your taste, why not consider growing the world's tallest lily in time for summer? Horticulturalists have created a towering version of the popular flower that can grow ...

I walk through my back door into a fantasy land not unlike the John Singer Sargent painting Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose in Tate Britain. The air is thick with a velvety perfume from early morning ...