Ever since we realized we could create new types of roses, and colors they didn’t naturally produce on their own, we’ve dreamed of the blue rose. Blue, as a pigment, is hard to produce in the natural world. Think of blue butterflies, birds, and flowers. Broadly speaking, they’re all rarer than other species that are colored differently. While we see … Read More
Both Ranunculus and Buttercup can be confusing names, as they both refer to one family of flowering plants, and individual plants themselves. The genus these refer to is the Ranunculaceae family, which encompasses a lot of different flowers, including Delphiniums, Clematis, and Aconitum (Wolf’s Bane). Luckily, there’s also subgroups, but for this article, we’re looking at Persian buttercups (ranunculus asiaticus), … Read More
As you may, or may not know, roses are one of the most widely hybridized flowers in the world. When we think of roses, we tend to picture huge blooms in an array of colors, with petals stacked upon petals. This is an image of a modern rose. The first roses didn’t look like this. Picture a wildflower rose, a … Read More
In one of his numerous sonnets, Shakespeare wrote “From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty’s rose might never die,” and this is never truer when it comes to the rose. We appreciate roses more than any other flower. We try and prolong their beauty for as long as possible, deadheading dying flowers and feeding them during their growing … Read More
