Ten Fun Facts About Flowers

Me- Here are five fun facts about flowers.

1) Violets- Four states; Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Illnois and New Jersey have the violet as their state flower.

2) Carnations - Carnations were part of the first Mother's Day Celebration.

3) Forget-Me-Nots - The Forget-Me-Not was used as a message not to forget the poor and desperate.

4) Chrysanthemums - In Australia, Chrysanthemums are sometimes given to mothers for Mother's Day.

5) Roses -Rose petals are sometimes used to flavor tea.

Mom - Here are five more fun facts about flowers.

6) Poppies - In ancient Egypt doctors would have patients eat poppy seeds to relieve pain.

7) Asters - The Hungarian revolution was known as the Aster revolution because protesters wore asters.

8) Daisies - The English Daisy is considered to be a flower of children and innocence.

9) Magnolias - The Magnolia is the national flower of North Korea.

10) Irises - Vincent Van Gogh painted several famous pictures of Irises.

And that's our view. Do you have any more fun facts about flowers to share?

Tune in tomorrow for Tips for Tuesday.
Photo credits:
photo credit 1: gailhampshire Devon Violets. Viola odorata via photopin (license)
photo credit 2: FestivitiesMN Floral Inventory - Mini Carnations (Red) via photopin (license)
photo credit 3: tdlucas5000 Chinese Forget-Me-Nots via photopin (license)
photo credit 4: HartLinker Chrysanthemum via photopin (license)
photo credit 5: Tadie88 18.11.16 Everything's Peachy.. via photopin (license)
photo credit 6: Lens Perception Scarcliffe, Derbyshire via photopin (license)
photo credit 7: foxtail_1 asters via photopin (license)
photo credit 8: Nemo's great uncle #2088 English daisies (ヒナギク) via photopin (license)
photo credit 9: quirkyjazz magnolia blooms via photopin (license)
photo credit 10: Larry1732 Wild Irises via photopin (license)