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The rose is the best-known symbol of beauty and love. Red roses mean I love
you. A dozen of them make the ultimate statement on Valentine's Day. A single
rose signifies simplicity.
Women prefer pastel colored roses, men on the other hand prefer red.
The spice saffron comes from a certain type of crocus.
Tulip bulbs can be used in place of onions for cooking.
In 1986 Congress voted to make the rose America's national flower.
The bluebonnet became the Texas state flower in 1901. In 1971, the state legislature,
named all lupine species as the official state flower.
The flower looks like a little bonnet when you look at it closely. After it
rains, look for a drop of water in each bonnet or bowl-like petal. As the Texas
bluebonnet flower ages, one of the top petals turns purple-red.
Pink and White Lady Slipper (cypripedium reginae) is the State flower of Minnesota.
Illegal to pick in the state, the pink and white lady slipper is one of Minnesota's
rarest wildflowers. They can take up to 16 years to produce their first flower,
and sometimes live for 50 years.
The creamy-white bloom of the magnolia tree was designated the state flower
of Louisiana in 1900 because of the abundance of trees throughout the state.
Magnolia is an evergreen and the flower is usually fragrant. After the six to
twelve petals of the flower have fallen away the large cone shaped fruit of
the magnolia is exposed.
The Peach Blossom became the State flower of Delaware on May 9, 1895. It was
prompted by Delaware's reputation as the "Peach State," since her
orchards contained more than 800,000 peach trees yielding a crop worth thousands
of dollars at that time.
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