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posted April 07, 2004 11:49 AM            

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Please share your State, Provincial or Country Flower here!

The California State Flower is the Golden Poppy.
California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia californica, was given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a bay surrounded by hills of the golden flowers. Also sometimes known as the flame flower, la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It became the state flower in 1903. Every year April 6 is California Poppy Day, and Governor Wilson proclaimed May 13-18, 1996, Poppy Week.

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posted April 07, 2004 08:19 PM              

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Texas' state flower is the Bluebonnet. All I know about it is that it is illegal for us to pick them. Sorry I can't offer more info.

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posted April 07, 2004 08:26 PM            

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Ours are illegal to pick too! Ours grow wild all over the place.

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posted April 07, 2004 08:30 PM              

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I've always wondered, if they were growing on your front lawn, would you be fined for mowing?

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posted April 07, 2004 10:47 PM            

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MI`s flower is the cherry blossom. Silly methinks as there`s too many other wildflowers to give it a run.

Hmmmm, I purchase Texas bluebonnet and Cal. poppy seeds every year for me to plant in spring. I absolutely love them!! It`s too cold here for a reseed but they are glorious while they are in bloom >

We have many protected flower species here but if an area is going to be cultivated, we can get permission for a dig and rescue them. I have many rescued 'illegal flowers' that are the pride of my perennial garden. Also, my woods are full of rescues.

juniperb

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posted April 08, 2004 04:41 PM              

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South Africa's national flower is the PROTEA!

MD

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posted April 12, 2004 09:17 AM              

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Virginia's state flower is the blossom of the flowering dogwood tree:

...although there's been a phage recently that's really slashed the population

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OK, OK - I know my profile says "Alabama", but I'm still a Virginian born and bred

Still, here's Alabama's:
Camellia

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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted April 12, 2004 09:57 AM            

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Moondreamer, got any pics?

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posted April 12, 2004 11:50 AM              

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No one will answer my question? I was being serious.

Is there anything you could do in that situation without upseting the government?

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posted April 12, 2004 01:49 PM            

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Fairystar, I candidly don`t know. But to be on the safe side, don`t tell anyone you did it and mow away

This is my guess tho. When you purchase property you have a right to no tresspassers . So, could the state. tresspass to know what you were doing? Or when you purchase, you can aquire mineral rights. Would the protected species fall into that type of clause? Also, I suppose it would vary from state to state as their laws would apply. A legal expert would have to give you legal info on the question.

juniperb

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posted April 12, 2004 04:02 PM              

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Thank you juniperb.

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posted April 12, 2004 04:13 PM              

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Bulgaria's Rosa Dasmescena

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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted April 12, 2004 04:46 PM            

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Ah Gloomy Sag, I am Rosa green over your pic . The cherry blossom is pretty but we need a better WILDFLOWER for MI.

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posted April 12, 2004 05:14 PM            

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My home state of Alaska- the forget-me-not

Here in Colorado- the columbine

fairystar, another suggestion is you could just not mow your lawn and instead throw some sheet mulch down (carefully around the lil flower) and turn your whole yard into a big garden!

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posted April 12, 2004 05:17 PM            

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Harpyr. how beautiful!! I have the blue columbine (as well as many other colors) and my yard into the woods is over run with glorious forget-me-nots. One of my fav spring flowers.

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posted April 12, 2004 08:55 PM            

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I would think that one would be able to mow their lawn if a wildflower creeped on over and grew there. What about people who re-landscape? It doesn't make sense that you can't on your own property.

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posted April 13, 2004 05:39 AM              

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I will try to get a pic off the net but if I do, I can only post it near the end of the week
MD

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posted April 13, 2004 01:12 PM              

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Juni, I didn't get that
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"Ah Gloomy Sag, I am Rosa green over your pic . "

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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted April 13, 2004 01:41 PM            

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Gloomy Sag, here we say we are 'pea green' with envy. Just a twist on your beautiful Rosa... 'Rosa green' with envy I should have said .... Sorry for the confusion!

juniperb

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posted April 13, 2004 01:59 PM              

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Oh, thank you for the explanation, Juniperb, One of the prides of Bulgaria is its rose oil. Check it out, if you like.http://www.quinessence.com/bulgarian_rose_oil.htm

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posted April 13, 2004 10:17 PM              

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Nephthys: thank you, I've got an idea of how it should be dealt with now.

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posted April 17, 2004 02:44 PM              

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Here is the picture of the Protea:

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posted April 17, 2004 04:07 PM              

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The State Flower of Iowa
The Iowa Legislature designated the Wild Rose as the official state flower in 1897. It was chosen for the honor because it was one of the decorations used on the silver service which the state presented to the battleship USS Iowa that same year. Although no particular species of the flower was designated by the Legislature, the Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa Pratincola) is most often cited as the official flower.

Wild roses are found throughout the state and bloom from June through late summer. The flower, in varying shades of pink, is set off by many yellow stamens in the center.

The State Flower of Iowa
The Iowa Legislature designated the Wild Rose as the official state flower in 1897. It was chosen for the honor because it was one of the decorations used on the silver service which the state presented to the battleship USS Iowa that same year. Although no particular species of the flower was designated by the Legislature, the Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa Pratincola) is most often cited as the official flower.

Wild roses are found throughout the state and bloom from June through late summer. The flower, in varying shades of pink, is set off by many yellow stamens in the center.

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posted April 17, 2004 04:53 PM              

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Oops, sorry I just now saw what you said earlier Harpyr. I really like your idea of turning the whole thing into a garden.

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posted April 17, 2004 04:55 PM              

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The classic Rose

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