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1ostrom
Feb 3, 2008, 4:18 am

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

2digifish_books
Feb 3, 2008, 6:25 am

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

3QueenOfDenmark
Feb 3, 2008, 10:05 am

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

6owenre
Feb 3, 2008, 1:44 pm

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7QueenOfDenmark
Edited: Feb 3, 2008, 2:02 pm

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

8varielle
Dec 23, 2008, 12:25 pm

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

9mountebank
Dec 23, 2008, 12:37 pm

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

10bedda
Dec 24, 2008, 11:05 am

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

11MarianV
Dec 24, 2008, 1:24 pm

15CarolO
Dec 29, 2008, 3:54 am

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

16williamtiger
Nov 11, 2009, 10:26 am

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

17Jenson_AKA_DL
Nov 11, 2009, 10:46 am

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

18funkyderek
Nov 11, 2009, 11:59 am

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.

19vintagebeckie
Edited: Nov 12, 2009, 5:15 pm

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

23SylviaC
Jan 21, 2012, 11:16 am

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower by Rumer Godden
Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart
The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
Flowers in the Rain by Rosamunde Pilcher

26rolandperkins
Edited: Dec 30, 2016, 2:20 pm

Roses in December
by Marilyn Willett Heavily

The Roses in my Carpets
by Rukhsana Khan

Michigan Wildflowers in Color
by Harry Lund

Wildflowers in the Field and Forest ; a Field
Guide to the Northeastern United States

Peonies by Alan Rogers