Publication Country: New York, NY, United States Kate Ascher: The Works: Anatomy of a City Here, he integrates fascinating stories about the many colourful personalities who populate the world of flowers, and the flowers and pollinators themselves, with a research-based narrative that illuminates just why there is, indeed, a Reason for Flowers. In so doing, the nectar and pollen vital to the bees, butterflies, and bats of the world, are being reduced.īuchmann explains the unfortunate consequences, and explores how to counter them by growing the right flowers. And because of our extraordinary appetite for more unusual and beautiful 'super flowers,' plant breeders have created such unnatural blooms as blue roses and black petunias to cater to the human world of haute couture fashion. Flowers seduce us-and animals, too-through their myriad shapes, colours, textures, and scents. Flowering plants continue to serve as inspiration in our myths and legends, in the fine and decorative arts, and in literary works of prose and poetry. Stephen Buchmann takes us along on an exploratory journey of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines, perfumes, while simultaneously bringing joy and health. Yet, we know little about flowers, their origins, bizarre sex lives, or how humans relate and depend upon them. Flowers are used to celebrate all-important occasions, to express love, and are also the basis of global industries. They have done so since before recorded history. Publication Country: New York, United Statesįlowers, and the fruits that follow, feed, clothe, sustain, and inspire all humanity.

Buchmann: The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives

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