Bibliograph

Flower confidential, [the good, the bad, and the beautiful], Amy Stewart

Type

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Flower confidential, [the good, the bad, and the beautiful], Amy Stewart

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-306)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Flower confidential

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

748689433

Responsibility statement

Amy Stewart

Sub title

[the good, the bad, and the beautiful]

Summary

Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has soughtfor better or worseto 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 horitcultural 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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