Books with "flower" or the name of a flower in the title.

Daisy Miller Henry James
The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco
The Flowers of Evil Charles Baudelaire
Rex Stout The Black Orchid
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation Lauren Willig

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Peony in Love by Lisa See
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
The Lillies of the Field by William E. Barrett

Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Rose Madder by Stephen King
Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz
The vacillations of Poppy Carew by Mary Wesley

The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Red Chrysanthemum by Laura Joh Rowland
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel

Miracle of the Rose, by Jean Genet
Study in Lilac, by Maria Antonia Oliver
The Green Carnation, by Robert Hichens
Dark wood to white rose : journey and transformation in Dante's Divine comedy, by Helen M. Luke
Serpent and Lily: a Novella, with a Manifesto, The Sickness of the Age, by Nikos Kazantzakis

Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante
The lilac bus by Maeve Binchy
In the name of the rose by Umberto Eco
the camomile lawn by Mary Wesley
red lily by Nora Roberts

edited because I realised I had duplicated In the name of the rose

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In Search of Lost roses
A Rose by Any Name
Tussie-Mussies: The Victorian Art of Epressing Yourself in the Language of Flowers
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux
Violets are Blue by James Patterson
Apple Blossom Time by Kathryn Haig
The Sweet Pea Book by Graham Rice

A Blue Eyed Daisy by Cynthia Rylant
The Black Rose by Thomas Costain
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
A Rose, a Bridge and a Wild Black Horse by Charlotte Zolotow
Flower Fairies of the Spring by Cicely Mary Barker

Tulipmania Anne Goldgar
The Rose rent Ellis Peters
Please don't eat the daisies
Jean Kerr
Whitethorn Woods Maeve Binchy
I never promised you a rose garden Hannah Green

Rancid Pansies by James Hamilton-Paterson
The Flower Beneath the Foot: Being a Record of the Early Life of St. Laura de Nazianzi by Ronald Firbank
Guns and Roses: The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot before Al Capone by Rose Keefe
The Tulip: The Story of the Flower That Has Made Men Mad by Anna Pavord
Jack In The Pulpit: Revelation: Discover What Lurks Behind This Preacher's Robe by L. Guy Burton

Wild iris by Louise Gluck
Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers by Sharman Apt Russell
Banana Rose by Natalie Goldberg
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Hundred White Daffodils by Jane Kenyon

For the Roses by Julie Garwood
Lily White by Susan Isaacs
Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
Black Rose by Nora Roberts
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland

The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb
Cat under the Mistletoe by Lydia Adamson
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Wallflower at the Orgy by Nora Ephron
Mossflower by Brian Jacques

Its glossy, green foliage is very robust and lasts well when cut.
They need very careful handling as they will bruise easily.
This flower comes in the various hues of white, cream, pink and red.
Cut flowers last about 3 days if kept in water.
It is most readily available from late winter to early spring and fall.
It has a mild, sweet scent and is usually inexpensive to moderately expensive.
The meaning of this flower is "excellence", "beauty", "perfected loveliness", and "contentment".
can you guest what flower I refer to :))try?
Fruit Flower Arrangement
Edible Fruit Flower Arrangements

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Rose of the Rhine Minami Megumu (manga)
Rose of the Prophet Trilogy by Margaret Weis
Imadoki Nowadays: Dandelion by Yuu Watase (manga)
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas

I found this very difficult with the self-imposed constraint of only using books from my library. So some of these are something of a stretch.

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean
Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes by Terry Southern (What? It's a flower!)
At the Jerusalem by Paul Bailey (as in Jerusalem artichoke, actually a type of sunflower)
Freeze My Margarita by Lauren Henderson (Margherita is the Italian for daisy)
Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play (as in passion flower, named for its apparent resemblance to the crucifixion of Christ)

I also have Pollen by Jeff Noon, but that's only part of a flower.
I'm sure I also have a copy of Pensees (French for "thoughts" and for "pansies") by Blaise Pascal somewhere as well but I don't have it indexed.

The Rose And The Thistle by Jean Plaidy
Fair Is The Rose by Liz Curtis Higgs
Violet Dawn by Brandilyn Collins
Blue Aloes by Cynthia Stockley
Daisy May And The Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg

Message edited by its author, Nov 12, 2009, 5:15pm.