What is the national flower of France? Why was it chosen? - flowers france
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Flowers France What Is The National Flower Of France? Why Was It Chosen?
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If you try to want to hear from all countries, please, could you please e-mail the information .... I just heard about a lily, and how South Africa is a Protea ... and I learn more about Greece ... What a question most beautiful Miss Cutie.
Fleur de Lis ... The Royal Iris was the national flower, while the reigns of the Bourbon dynasty in France. Like a plant that is still present, a red lily (although white as the national emblem is used). The variety is as Sprekelia Formosisima. Difficult to find in Europe, grows in the wilds of Mexico.
Missing from the license fees in France, is the flower are used not one but three, which the national flag ... For the red poppies. Margaritas for white. Blueberries for blue. The flowers are in bloom at the same time of year in summer, and you can find in the areas around the country .... when France celebrates its National Day in July, so the timing is perfect. It is common to find clusters red, white and blue (sometimes from above, but will not be long when cut, sometimes others, such as larkspur) blue, red, pink and white carnations and Lillies. Sometimes a few strands of wheat in a position to represent the cluster summer.
For thousands of years, is the flower of France Lilly.It was painted the emblem of the royal house of France, regardless of the dynasty.
There is no official national flower of France.
The lily, a stylized representation of what could be a lily or iris, was the heraldic symbol of the kings of France and not a real flower. In addition, it was the symbol of the nation both as a symbol of the monarchy.
Lily seems to be more accurate (available everywhere)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_ly ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-li ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium
Kingdom on the use of flowers, but not the Republic of
No flowers now.
When he was a royal lily the emblem of the royal family,
To have represented the Kingdom of France, held by the king, the colors blue lilies of gold (see link)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armorial_du ...
Now is a republic that has no flowers at all.
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