6 ugliest flowers in the world that are engineered for survival, not beauty

Not all flowers are built for bouquets, or our home gardens. Here are some of the ugliest flowers in the world that can be found out in the wilderness.

These botanical gardens thrive even in winter

For a dose of nature’s medicine even in the coldest of times, head indoors to these tropical forests, desert landscapes, and scented flower beds.

Let a thousand stinky blossoms bloom: how Australia became the world’s corpse flower destination

Australian collections of the endangered and notoriously unpredictable flowers have popped off in recent years, as ‘personas’ like Putricia, Stinkerella and Smellanie prove a hit with nosy spectators ...
Connecticut Post

How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work

(THE CONVERSATION) Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two ...
The New York Times

What Would Elphaba Grow? The Botanical Garden Has Some Ideas.

Performances in N.Y.C. Striking plants of deep pinks and dark greens conjure the visual world of “Wicked” this month at the New York Botanical Garden. The signature colors of “Wicked” will bloom at ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Norfolk Botanical Garden getting a huge, smelly corpse flower as part of expansion project

The Norfolk Botanical Garden is getting a corpse flower. First announced a few weeks ago on social media, the enormous, flowering plant will be a part of the garden’s upcoming Garden of Tomorrow ...
Times Union

How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Delphine Farmer, Colorado State University; Mj Riches, Colorado State University, and ...