VMI Researchers Work To Grow A Flower Of A Different Color

LEXINGTON, Va. — A very colorful research project is blooming at Virginia Military Institute, where students and faculty are discovering ways to naturally grow flowers in colors they don't usually come in.

From blue to red, and even white to green, hydrangeas are one of the most popular flowers on the market.  While they come in a vast array of colors naturally, two you won't find are yellow and orange — and VMI Chemistry Professor Henry Schreiber says naturally, that puts them in high demand among flower lovers.

"You'd always like to be the first on the block to get a yellow hydrangea or an orange hydrangea," said Schreiber.

The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers is certainly interested in that prospect, which is why it gave Schreiber a grant to research how to grow a yellow hydrangea.  For the past three years, he and Cadet Corinne Lariviere have been working to do just that.

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