Flowering plants, in turn, reaped the benefits of seed ... the world's turnstile for ornamental flowers. "The business has really globalized." On my way home from Friis's lab in Sweden, I had ...

For business, plants not only draw in positive ... or downward-flowing energy. Flowering jasmine blossoms are most fragrant at night, and their scent has a reputation for helping to ease anxiety.

Scientists think they have the answer to a puzzle that baffled even Charles Darwin: How flowers evolved and spread to become the dominant plants on Earth. Flowering plants, or angiosperms ...