Though Chester County is rooted in agriculture, its legacy in horticulture stretches far beyond farmland, writes Jennifer ...

A rose is both a symbol of love and a commodity ... There are 130,000 Colombians working in floriculture, and it exports more than 6 billion stems each year to a total of 90 countries.

Roses are red… They are also fragile and ... disability and retirement insurance; and a floriculture school for those displaced by violence. Florverde is working to further grow the program ...

do roses grow perfectly straight. But, attractive though it sounds, this is a myth, according to Ad van Rooijen, research and development manager at the Dutch floriculture multinational De Ruiter.

As you read this, planes full of roses are heading from east Africa and South America to almost every corner of the world. If you buy someone a rose this Valentine’s Day, it may be in the air ...