Ashley Stevanovich: An Interest in State Flowers

Ashley Stevanovich is really into state flowers.  As I grew up in Nebraska, where the state flower is the goldenrod, I can understand her interest. Flowers are an important part of any ecosystem, and I am sure Ashley Stevanovich understands this. I have lived in a number of states for varying lengths of time, and it is rather interesting to see what their respective state flowers are. New Jersey has the violet. North Carolina's state flower is the North American dogwood. Though Portland, Oregon is known as the City of Roses (along with Pasadena I think) Oregon's state flower is the Oregon grape. Montana's is bitterroot. Colorado's is the Rocky Mountain columbine.  Texas has the bluebonnet. California the California poppy.


I wonder what state flower Ashley Stevanovich prefers.  Personally, I prefer roses, as my family crest shows three red roses prominently on its shield. Officially, New York's official state flower is the rose, though three other states have derivatives of roses as their state flowers. Georgia has its Cherokee rose, while North Dakota and Iowa share the wild prairie rose as their state flower.