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Flower Confidential

by Amy Stewart
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A globe-trotting, behind-the-scenes look at the dazzling world of flowers and the fascinating industry it has created.
Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought—for better or worse—to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horticultural legend who created the most popular lily; a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite roses, the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. And, at every turn she discovers the startling intersection of nature and technology, of sentiment and commerce.
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

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  • Release date: March 18, 2008

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  • ISBN: 9781565126459
  • Release date: March 18, 2008

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  • ISBN: 9781565126459
  • File size: 1092 KB
  • Release date: March 18, 2008
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Gardening Nature Science Nonfiction

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English

A globe-trotting, behind-the-scenes look at the dazzling world of flowers and the fascinating industry it has created.
Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought—for better or worse—to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horticultural legend who created the most popular lily; a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite roses, the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. And, at every turn she discovers the startling intersection of nature and technology, of sentiment and commerce.
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Gardening Nature Science Nonfiction