Friday, July 22, 2011

Beautiful Poppy







Poppies belonging to the types of wild flowers that usually grow clustered on the prairie or the mountains. Kinds of flowers are now widely cultivated as ornamental plants. The diversity of attractive colors such as pink, white, yellow, orange, blood red, blue, or purple flowers make it quite attractive. Sounded fragile and easily hurt her more charming.
 
 



This plant is more or less consists of 120 species, including the use of opium as a raw material. Wild flowers varying aged between one and three years are often found in Eurasia, Africa and North America (Canada, Alaska, Rocky Mountains).
 

Has long been the poppies used as a symbol of death or long sleep. Extracting opium from poppies and blood red color that is often associated with these two things. In Roman culture, these flowers are used as offerings to the deceased and carved on tombstones as a symbol of eternal sleep. Another version states the interest is regarded as a sign of reincarnation after death.


 
 

In Europe and the Commonwealth countries, poppy flowers - especially red - often used to commemorate the victims of World War I on November 11 of each year, both soldiers and civilians. In New Zealand and Australia, poppies symbolize the Returned Services Association on the anniversary of ANZAC Day every April 25. Type golden poppy became the official state flower of California in the United States.

Knowing means we have to know, trying to get to know things about nature will make us appreciate the nature and environment. This blog is provided exclusively to appreciate nature, respect nature and try to read, there are many other articles which would make our life more colorful with flowers, The poppies one of them.


 

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