Around 90% of the fresh cut flowers being sold for Valentine's Day in the United States come through Miami, while the other 10% pass through Los Angeles. Roses, carnations, pompons, hydrangeas ...

Q: Why are more fruits and flowers red, orange or yellow than blue? —Robert L. Morrison | Poughkeepsie, New York There is actually no true blue pigment in nature. A pigment creates color by ...

There have been 708 patented red hybrid tea roses, so there is always ... they lack the delphinidin gene that produces the blue pigment present in other flowers. But there are two ways to make ...

I’ve got a rose bush with bright pink roses outside my window ... has lots of different pigments in it: red, yellow, orange, black, and even blue. When these are all mixed together, you just ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. If any husbands or boyfriends mess up Valentine’s Day this week, it’s not because of a shortage of flowers. In the run up ...