A lush illustrated celebration of nature's most beautiful work, the
flower.
From roadside daisies to exotic hothouse lilies, botanical illustrator
Adriana Picker has curated specimens from all over the world to create
this illustrated compendium of floral wonder. Petal is arranged into
various flower families, with illustrations of close-ups,
cross-sections, buds and foliage revealing the flowers' unique
characteristics, colors and sculptural beauty. Adriana draws on her
lifelong obsession for flowers and plants to detail the traditions,
folklore, fame, scent and meaning behind our favorite blooms, along with
some lesser-known oddities. This is the book of botanical illustration
for a new generation of flower lovers.