Vicki Reed has always been fascinated by flowers, especially those that grew wild in meadows and on the sides of the hills and mountains that surrounded her childhood home in Schuylkill Haven.

Tens of millions of red roses will change hands tomorrow because the language of flowers (“floriography”) has determined that those say, “I love you” better than anything else this side of chocolate.

Reed flowers are booming in Yantai, East China's Shandong province. Flowers dance like swirling snowflakes in the wind alongside Zhuyan River, Yantai. [Photo/WeChat Account: ytwlgw] Blooming reed ...