Flower Talk HOW PLANTS USE COLOR TO COMMUNICATE SARA LEVINE ILLUSTRATIONS BY MASHA D'YANS Millbrook Press Minneapolis
For Caedmon S L To Colin who smells the flowers with me every day M D
Hey yoU Pssst Down here that’S right I’m a plant and I’m talking to you But don’t get too used to it We don’t make a habit of talking to humans I want to clear up some of your crazy ideas about what the colors of our flowers mean We sit here growing minding our own business while you guys go on about how red roses stand for love and white ones are good for weddings and all kinds of mushy ridiculous stuff What a load of fertilizer