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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 ...

Blue flowers can be particularly prized in summer, where their cool nature contrasts with summer heat (if we are lucky). People’s appreciation of blue differs, with some being purists and others ...

In terms of leaf lushness and flower color, it is kin to yellow clivia (Clivia miniatata), whose flowers are typically seen in orange but whose yellow cultivar is also available.

Laura Anne Kalba, Blue Roses and Yellow Violets: Flowers and the Cultivation of Color in Nineteenth-Century France, Representations, Vol. 120, No. 1 (Fall 2012), pp. 83-114 ...

So imagine her surprise when she found that many flowers have secret blue halos in their flowers. The halos are rings at the bases of the flowers’ petals.

Plants use their flower colours for ‘brand recognition’ among insects - but also work together to attract more pollinators.