This slow-growing plant can reach 3 to 6 feet tall outdoors or 2 feet as a houseplant. Crown of thorns grows best outdoors as a perennial in warm zones 9 through 11. Grow it indoors in other zones ...

Its common name comes from the legend that this plant, which has flexible stems, was woven into the thorny crown placed on ...

When did you first discover that rose bushes have canes that contain some pretty serious thorns? For me, it was fairly early in my life as my maternal grandparents had ...