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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:06 PM
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Do you know your State Flower?

How many can you name?

http://tinyurl.com/hahch

(and turn your sound on)

Happy 4th!
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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Don't have to look...California Poppy...one of my favorites!
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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Orange blossom
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:29 PM
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Well - yes, I know ours - since it's one of about 5 flowers I do know - the rose.
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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My state flower if the California Poppy too..although I haven't seen any in ages.

Happy 4th of July to you kopp, have a safe and fun weekend.
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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Hi Fodorites, even if you do know your state flower I encourage you to click on the website kopp posted..it is very beautiful!! Thanks kopp
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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LoveItaly, no poppies, really? They are serious weeds here in San Jose, and you're not that far away.
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Kopp, that was a beautiful site. It was well worth watching.
Thanks.
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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Yes, I'm in San Jose too and we do have a decent amount of poppies in the hills and fields around here.
 
Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:38 PM
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Beautiful kopp! Thanks.
 
Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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I planted Poppy's in my flower garden in my back yard. Still have a few blooming.

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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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Honestly you San Jose Fodorites, I hadn't thought about it but I haven't seen any poppies for ages. I use to have them behind our fence in Benicia..I also have noticed we are not having any butterflies where I live either. That bothers me to tell you the truth.
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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Down here in Texas, it's the Bluebonnets that we love so much. Peak season is March/April. This year's crop was pitiful as the winter rains never came to germinate them.

Lady Bird Johnson started a program way back when to beautiful the Texas roadways. So in a good rain year, our highways are filled with bluebonnets and other wildflowers. Families tromp through the flowers to get that perfect photo. I love to see the young'uns all dressed up, with their pup, getting the perfect picture!
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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kopp...you beat me to it!
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Old Jul 1st, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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California poppies are still blooming on my propery, amazing as it may be!! They are hanging around longer than usual this year. Perhaps it is due to the wet spring.

Kopp, beautiful web site. Thanks.
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Old Jul 2nd, 2006 | 04:04 AM
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Here in Alabama it's the beautiful camellia.

Years ago, the state flower was goldenrod, which is a weed that grows everywhere here, but is the cause of much hay fever distress in the fall!

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Old Jul 2nd, 2006 | 04:11 AM
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Cherokee rose, GA.
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Old Jul 2nd, 2006 | 05:37 AM
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tiny little violets NJ
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Old Jul 2nd, 2006 | 05:41 AM
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sallyjane - I had to go to the list to look up your flower. Very pretty yet so unlike any rose I've ever seen. Is it fragrant as well?
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Old Jul 2nd, 2006 | 06:21 AM
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Thank you so much, Kopp! The rhododendrons are finished up here in Washington, but what a joy it is to see them when they are in bloom.

I use Jacquie Lawson's "Labrador" cards to send to friends, but I didn't know about this one. I can think of lots of people I'll be sending it to.

Happy Fourth, everyone.
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