Suntory and Florigene achieved the blue color inserting a delphinidin-producing gene from a pansy into an Old Garden 'Cardinal de Richelieu' rose. When debuting in Japan, Applause was sold for 10 ...

The long-awaited commercial release of the blue rose is set to take place in Japan next week (November 3). But before you go ordering a dozen or so for your loved one, check out the price ...

Blue pigment does not occur naturally in roses, but researchers in 2004 were finally able to get them to synthesize the pigment delphinidin, seen in violas. Suntory is still working to make the ...

Beginning in early November, Suntory will for the first time introduce its blue rose APPLAUSE in North America. With nearly 100% blue-pigmented petals, APPLAUSE is the world's first blue rose, a ...

The exact price and commercial name for the blue rose have not been decided. Suntory also developed the world's first blue carnations — dubbed Moondust — which have been sold in Japan since 1997.

When it debuted in Japan, Suntory’s blue rose was sold for 10 times the price of normal roses. Chrysanthemums are the second best-selling flowers after roses in the world.

Any blue rose sent on St Valentine's day this year will have been dyed. But if Yoshi Tanaka, a researcher at Suntory, a Japanese drinks company, has his way, that will soon change.

The world's first blue roses have been unveiled following nearly two decades of scientific research.

Before Suntory and Jim Beam , there was Kirin and Four Roses. William Faulkner said he drank Four Roses bourbon because it was "affordable and easy to find." That's until Seagram's took the best ...

Beginning in early November, Suntory will for the first time introduce its blue rose APPLAUSE in North America. With nearly 100% blue-pigmented petals, APPLAUSE is the world's first blue rose, a ...