Which French region in Provence is most famous for its sweeping fields of purple lavender?

Provence (the Plateau de Valensole region).

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Flowers Word Search

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SNAPDRAGON
SUNFLOWER
CARNATION
BUTTERCUP
LAVENDER
MARIGOLD
HIBISCUS
MAGNOLIA
JASMINE
ORCHID

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True stories

Sunflowers in tune with the sun

Davis, California

On a research farm in Davis, California, plant biologist Stacey Harmer wondered why young sunflowers swing their heads from east to west each day, then back again overnight. Her team tied stems in place, twisted some pots around, and tracked growth on opposite sides of each stalk. The pattern was clear: cells on one side grow faster by day, the other side by night, which gently tips the head along. Once the plants mature, that motion stops and the heads settle facing east. Warmer morning faces drew more bees, the team reported in 2016, so plants locked east-facing got many more visits than plants turned the other way.

A river of ceramic poppies

London, England

In the summer of 2014, ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper began filling the dry moat of the Tower of London with red clay poppies. Each one stood for a single British or Commonwealth soldier killed in the First World War. Volunteers planted them by hand week after week until the count reached 888,246. The work was called Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, and by the time the last poppy went in on Armistice Day in November, more than five million visitors had come to see it. Many of the poppies were later sold and the money was shared among armed-forces charities.

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Did you know?

orchid: The orchid family has roughly 28,000 known species, making it the largest family of flowering plants on Earth alongside the daisies.
jasmine: Chinese tea makers pick jasmine closed in the morning and wait until evening, when the flowers open and the perfume is strongest.
sunflower: Young sunflowers swing east to west each day following the sun, but the heads stop and face east once the plant matures.
lavender: Lavender takes its English name from the Latin root for washing, because the dried flowers once scented bath water and clean linens.
marigold: In Mexico, bright orange marigolds are scattered each November to guide returning spirits home during the Day of the Dead.
hibiscus: The yellow hibiscus, known to Hawaiians as maʻo hau hele, was officially adopted as the state flower of Hawaii in 1988.
carnation: Anna Jarvis chose her mother's favorite white carnation as the emblem of Mother's Day, which became a US national holiday in 1914.
magnolia: The magnolia is an ancient flowering plant, and fossil relatives show it bloomed before bees existed, likely pollinated by beetles.
buttercup: Children hold a buttercup under the chin, and its glossy petals reflect a bright yellow glow onto the skin.
snapdragon: Squeeze the sides of a snapdragon and the petals snap open and shut like a dragon's mouth, giving the plant its name.
honeysuckle: Honeysuckle takes its name from the edible, sweet nectar inside its tubular flowers, which gives the blossom its distinctive honey taste.
geranium: Many so-called geraniums sold for pots and window boxes are actually pelargoniums, a related plant native to southern Africa.
chrysanthemum: In Japan the chrysanthemum is the emblem of the imperial family, and the emperor's seat is known as the Chrysanthemum Throne.
camellia: The leaves of one camellia species, Camellia sinensis, are dried and brewed to make green, black, and oolong tea.
dahlia: The dahlia is the national flower of Mexico, and Aztec growers cultivated its tubers long before Europeans first saw the plant.

Trivia

Which flower is the symbol of the Japanese imperial family?
The chrysanthemum.
Vanilla flavoring is harvested from the pod of which family of flowering plants?
The orchids (vanilla orchid).
Which red flower became a symbol of remembrance after the First World War?
The poppy.
Which flower did Anna Jarvis pick to honor her late mother and so to mark Mother's Day?
The white carnation.
Which French region in Provence is most famous for its sweeping fields of purple lavender?
Provence (the Plateau de Valensole region).

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Which flower is the symbol of the Japanese imperial family?

The chrysanthemum.

In their words

Where flowers bloom, so does hope.
Lady Bird Johnson

Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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