The blue rose has always been something of a botanical cheat since the world’s first genetically engineered blue rose was reported in 2004. Despite the name, flowers sold as blue have generally ...

At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favorite color frequently results in an answer of "blue". Why is it that humans are so fond of blue? And why does it seem to be so rare in the ...

Blue flowers sound easy enough to find—until you start shopping and realize that a lot of plants labeled “blue” are decidedly purple. Truly blue blooms are relatively uncommon in nature, which makes ...

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...

Outside the blue of the sky and of the water of lakes, rivers, and oceans, nature does not offer much in the way of the color blue, especially in the world of plants and animals. Did you ever wonder ...

Blue flower coloration is not determined by pigment production alone, but also by how pigments are transported and stored inside plant cells. This study shows that two vacuolar transporters, MaMATE11 ...

Moments when one walks through a garden on a warm morning, they might notice something quietly remarkable. A flower that ...

A woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai, from the Edo Period, about 1800-05, titled 'Express Delivery Boats Rowing through Waves (Oshiokuri hatô tsûsen no zu),' from an untitled series of landscapes ...

Even though it is a path I always take, one day I suddenly notice that unfamiliar flowers are blooming.In places that were ...