Flower Power

Give yourself flowers with these books about blooms and blossoms of all kinds. Plant a seed, read!


Updated May 12, 2026
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'clock Lady
Albert, Susan Wittig.
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert transports readers to the summer of 1934, when a sensational murder shakes up the small Southern town of Darling, Alabama-and pulls in the ladies of the Darling Dahlias' garden club, who never let the grass grow under their feet when...
Floret Farm's a year in flowers : designing gorgeous arrangements for every season
Benzakein, Erin
Paper Book
From star flower farmer and bestselling author of Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden, Erin Benzakein comes this gorgeous and comprehensive guide to enhancing every occasion with floral beauty. With hundreds of stunning photographs and an inviting narrative style, this book offers...
The reason for flowers : their history, culture, biology, and how they change our lives
Buchmann, Stephen L.
Paper Book
Cultural history at its best-the engaging, lively, and definitive story of the beauty, sexuality, ecology, myths, lore, and economics of the world's flowers, written by a passionately devoted author and scientist, and illustrated with his stunning photographs. Flowers, and the fruits...
Alice's tulips
Dallas, Sandra.
Paper Book
Rich in details of quilting, Civil War-era America, and the realities of life in the 19th century, Alice's Tulips is the triumphant story of one woman's survival during a time of murder, intrigue, and treachery.
Hydrangeas for American gardens
Dirr, Michael.
Paper Book
The sheer number of choices among Hydrangea species, hybrids, and cultivated varieties can be overwhelming even for the most advanced gardeners. How to choose from among the hundreds of mopheads, climbers, lacecaps, and oakleafs, to name just a few? And how to care for hydrangeas in...
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
Gilmore, Laurie
Paper Book
The brand new summer romance set in Dream Harbor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Strawberry Patch Pancake House! "Another gentle small-town romance with Hallmark movie vibes... Dream Harbor remains a cozy spot to linger" Publisher's Weekly<...
Flowers and herbs of early America
Griffith, Lawrence D.
Paper Book
A detailed look at early American flowers and herbs, with expert advice on creating a garden with historically accurate plants Hounds-tongue. Ragged robin. Costmary. Pennyroyal. All-heal. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among...
Mad enchantment : Claude Monet and the painting of the water lilies
King, Ross
Paper Book
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist From bestselling author Ross King, a brilliant portrait of legendary artist Claude Monet and the story of his most memorable achievement, the water lilies. Claude Monet is perhaps the world's most beloved artist,...
Where lilacs still bloom : a novel
Kirkpatrick, Jane
Paper Book
One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through, inspired by the life of Hulda Klager   German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education--and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to...
The artful ribbon : beauties in bloom
Kling, Candace.
Paper Book
This guide shows how to make all types of flowers from ribbons, wire and crinoline.
Secrets of the tulip sisters
Mallery, Susan
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller! Told with Susan Mallery's trademark heart and humor, this is a charming tale about the problem with secrets, the power of love and the unbreakable bond between sisters. Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty...
Tulip fever
Moggach, Deborah.
Paper Book
InTulip Fever, acclaimed author Deborah Moggach has created that rarest of novels--a literary tour de force that is also brilliantly, compulsively readable. Not since Patrick Suskind'sPerfumehas a work of fiction so vividly evoked a time, a place, and a passion. In 1630s Amsterdam, tulip fever has...
The meaning of flowers
Scoble, Gretchen.
Paper Book
Should you send a rose of crimson or of white to the one you love? What gift of flowers best expresses thanks to a dear friend? From ancient days, long before words complicated what we say to one another, flowers have been our messengers, invested with our most cherished feelings. Illustrated...
Fancy meeting you here : a novel
Tieu, Julie
Paper Book
"For the rom-com fans, you can never go wrong with a Julie Tieu book."    -- Buzzfeed  Opposites attract when an always-the-bridesmaid florist and a grumpy caterer mix business with pleasure in this swoony romantic comedy in the vein of 27 Dresses...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.