“It smells like dead possum,” a child said more bluntly. It’s the so-called “corpse flower,” or Amorphophallus Titanum (often shortened to Titan Arum), named after the putrid stench it ...

Although some annual flowers, such as cosmos, dahlias, and zinnias, will bloom until late autumn if the weather remains warm, others curl up and die at the first sign of frost. To keep your garden ...