Across eras and cultures, blue flowers have graced myths, literature, and artworks and have long carried the symbolic meaning of serenity, calmness, and peace, thanks to associations with the sky ...

the peony is a symbol of good fortune, a happy marriage, and everlasting prosperity. Perhaps their happiness is why the flower comes in every color except blue. Their blooming period is fleeting ...

Less than 10 percent of the world’s 280,000 flowering plants produce blue flowers, which may be why they’re often a symbol of the unattainable in folklore and literature. But for decades ...