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Flower Trivia: Fun Flower Facts

The Official Provincial Flowers of Canada

• Alberta - Wild Rose
• British Columbia - Pacific Dogwood
• Manitoba - Prairie Crocus
• New Brunswick - Purple Violet
• Newfoundland - Pitcher Plant
• Northwest Territories - Mountain Avens
• Nova Scotia - Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus
• Ontario - White Trillium
• Prince Edward Island - Lady's Slipper
• Quebec - White Garden Lily
• Saskatchewan - Prairie Lily
• Yukon Territory - Fireweed

There are approximately 1300 species of Begonia and the number of hybrids is estimated between 1000 and 2000. Within the Begonia genus, there are plants which are tiny enough to grow in an egg shell and others which can cover a greenhouse wall.

In heraldry, the rose is used as a mark of cadency for a seventh son.

The first recorded plant collectors were the soldiers in the army of Thothmes III, Pharaoh of Egypt, 3500 years ago. In the Temple of Karnak these soldiers are shown bringing back 300 plants as booty from Syria.

The rose is the emblem of the British royal family. The Wars of the Roses are so named because the Lancastrians whose symbol was a red rose were fighting the Yorkists whose symbol was a white rose.

The fleur-de-lis or white lily was the symbol of the French royal family. It is still the symbol of Quebec.

The florin (an Italian gold coin) was so named because of the fleur-de-lis on the back. The fleur-de-lis was also the badge of Florence.

The cactus family is divided into more than 100 genera. For simplicity North American cacti are placed into five groups: the prickly pears, the saguaro cactus group, the hedgehog cacti, the barrel cacti, and the pin-cushion and fishhook cacti.

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