Flowers that have acid in their petals are shades of red, while flowers that have base in their petals are purple/blue. The varying amounts of acid or base in a flower petal can create a variety of ...

The Cuateco family runs a roadside flower stand called Mimosa Flowers — named for the eponymous bloomer in the legume family — housed under a tent on Shore Parkway in Coney Island, right beside both ...

"The color is really to make the flower stand out from the rest of the plant so that they will attract insects to spread their pollen," says Dr. Nancy Goroff, a chemist at Stony Brook University.