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The Azalea Society of America designated Houston, Texas, an "azalea city". [citation needed] The River Oaks Garden Club has conducted the Houston Azalea Trail every spring since 1935. [citation needed] Valdosta, Georgia is called the Azalea City, as the plant grows in profusion there. The city hosts an annual Azalea Festival in March.
In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings. New symbols have also arisen: one of the most known in the United Kingdom is the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance of the fallen in war.
[2] [3] The Royal Azalea is commonly chosen as a local symbol in South Korea, by provinces, cities and counties such as Gangwon Province, Gapyeong and Miryang. It is widely cultivated in many parts of the world; some cultivars bear white flowers. The fruit is egg-shaped and oval, 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, with glandular hair, which ripen in October.
Rhododendron viscosum, the swamp azalea, [2] clammy azalea or swamp honeysuckle, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. This deciduous shrub , growing to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) tall and broad, is native to the eastern United States.
Rhododendron calendulaceum, the flame azalea, [3] is a species of Rhododendron. It is a deciduous shrub that grows up to 120–450 cm tall. This species of Rhododendron is native to the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States , ranging from southern Pennsylvania and Ohio to northern Georgia .
Azalea (state wildflower) Rhododendron: 1979 [15] Guam: Bougainvillea spectabilis: Bougainvillea spectabilis: 1968 [4] Hawaii: Hawaiian hibiscus (maʻo hau hele) Hibiscus brackenridgei: 1988 [16] [17] Idaho: Syringa, mock orange: Philadelphus lewisii: 1931 [18] Illinois: Violet (state flower) Viola: 1907 [19] Milkweed (state wildflower ...
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Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.