we used food coloring in water with some marked down walmart carnations.  and on bill nye the science guy we saw them split the stems and put each side of the split stem into two different colors of dye.  we were going for half and half, but my stem-cutting skills need some work.  but that was pretty cool to see anyway, how the amount of color on the petals is directly related to the amount of stem that is stuck in the dye.

and from one experiment to another, our oldest boy wanted to see if they would grow.  with no roots.  he thinks yes.  i think not.  we’ll see.