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It narrowly beat out the bush sunflower in a March Madness-style bracket competition — part of an effort to encourage ...
City Council's voted unanimously Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass ...
The blue-eyed grass is San Diego's new official flower. Why it matters: Part of the iris family and native to the area, this ...
The Victorian era is famously regarded as a period of restraint—restraint in clothing, social norms, emotional behavior, communication … the list could go on and on.
San Diego adopted its current official flower, the carnation, on April 28, 1964, through a secret ballot. More than 7,700 people voted in the tournament in the "Elite Inflorescence," "Final Flora" and ...
A few years back, then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg even declared daffodils the city’s official flower. The cheerful yellow buds spring out of the earth on my own block too. How did they get there?
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The battle for the city of San Diego’s next official flower has been narrowed to four floral contenders. The second round of the bracket-style competition hosted by ...
The March Madness-style competition to name San Diego’s official flower is down to the final four, and online voting is now under way. Local residents are encouraged to pick between the bush ...
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 — For the past 131 years, parade patrons have lined the downtown streets of San Antonio for the oldest parade of Fiesta San Antonio, The Battle of Flowers Parade. The 132nd edition ...
On Aug. 4, 1895, the Des Moines Register reported that goldenrod had become the official state flower of Nebraska. It joked, “Wish Iowa had adopted it first. We may have to accept the corn ...