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Garden Gate:  What is your State Flower?  |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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 Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 4:42:27 PM
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What is your state flower? The state flower of Louisiana is the beautiful magnolia. In the summer, the state's thousands of magnolia trees blossom. The magnolia flower has an especially rich fragrance. The blooms are very large and creamy white. The magnolia tree is an evergreen.
http://www.50states.com/flower.htm
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 4:50:51 PM
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The California Poppy, and the state poppy reserve is right here in our valley where I live, we also have the California Poppy Festival here in April, which has won many awards, its 2 days long, come rain or shine...
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 5:32:03 PM
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The wonderful orange blossom is our state flower . Its fragrance is so wonderful . You can smell it in the air this time of year .
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 6:14:11 PM
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Our state flower is the humble but lovely Wood Violet. You can make homemade perfume and also jelly from the blossoms.
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 6:30:36 PM
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Idaho state flower. Syringa actually a bush.
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Edited by - gramadinah on Apr 10 2012 6:32:30 PM |
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lwm
True Blue Farmgirl
123 Posts
Loralie
Duncan
AZ
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 6:32:32 PM
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 10:39:21 PM
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Ours is the Coastal Rhododendron. Although much of the State doesn't have coastline!!
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KathyC
True Blue Farmgirl
583 Posts
Kathy
Gastonia
NC
USA
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
1085 Posts
Julie
TX
USA
1085 Posts |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 6:43:25 PM
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Julie, last year I went to Kerrville, Texas, and on the way I saw all the beautiful Bluebonnets. What a beautiful sight!!!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
2460 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2012 : 07:10:12 AM
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The Indian Paintbrush is the State Flower for Wyoming. :)
Sherone
Farmgirl Sister #1682
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countrymommy85
True Blue Farmgirl
898 Posts
Krystle
MT
USA
898 Posts |
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sjmjgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
566 Posts
Stephanie
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
USA
566 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2012 : 10:15:27 AM
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Iowa's is the Wild Rose. They are all over the creek behind my grandma's house. Very pretty!
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2012 : 5:02:59 PM
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I'm not 100% sure but I think NM is the yucca.
Laura
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