2007-01-02 12:58:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Plant breeders. The flowers of most wild members of the rosaceae family have white to pink flowers. Plant breeders over the ages have spotted oddly colored mutants and inbred them to produce a wide range of colors.
2007-01-02 14:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this and many other deeply unsettling questions may or may not appear in the updated Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy under the section "why is the sky blue, who am I and where do I come from, what is the meaning of all this, and why doesn't Hallmark just go ahead and merge with FTD and use their combined resources to lobby for still more holiday occasions to further increase the incentives for cultivators to produce even more variants so that you the consumer will feel compelled to rush out and buy the latest leopard spotted zebra striped variegated ultraviolet purple pink fuchsia cerise multiflora chroma orgasma roses which if you don't show up with said bunch in hand when you open the door at home on that occasion you can bloody well plan on spending the rest of the week figuring it all out while you sleep on the couch because you aren't getting past the bedroom door now you insensitive lout how could you miss our first "it's today so give her Hallmark's and polka dot flowers day"..
2007-01-03 04:03:09 · answer #2 · answered by Bender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is because of pollination
2007-01-02 14:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by jamaica 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋