Cracking Nature's Color-Code for Flowers

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Cracking Nature's Color-Code for Flowers,
By Jan Suszkiw,
Agricultural Research Service, Information Staff,

Remember the rhyme that begins "Roses are red, violets are blue..."?

Turns out, that's not always the case anymore. Just ask Robert Griesbach. He's a plant geneticist at the ARS Floral and Nursery Plants Unit, located in Beltsville, Maryland.

There, Griesbach and other plant scientists are writing a new nursery rhyme, creating roses that are blue, not red.

Please visit the web site to learn more.