Flower’s Family Tree

Flowers Family Tree

So, I’ve been watching the show “Who Do You Think You are?”.  My family tree was done awhile back and its fascinating to see the twists and trails we’ve taken throughout the generations. How we grew and split and migrated from place to place, so much so that now it’s amazing how far flung we’ve become!

I got to thinking that flowers have a ‘family tree’ too and just like my family, some have traveled great distances from where they originated.

Roses, are by far the most popular flower and are grown all over the globe. Though it may surprise you to find out where they originated. The first fossil record of the rose dates back about 3.5 billion years and the first written record of the rose was in 3000 BC located in what is today known as Iraq. The ornamental rose has been cultivated for millennia, with the earliest known cultivations in the Mediterranean countries during the time of the Roman Empire & Greek civilizations, as well as in, Egypt, Persia, and China. In the 16th century colonists brought the rose to North America, making it the longest cultivated European plant in this country. They are now commercially grown in South & North America, Europe & Asia

Tulips, which is synonymous with Holland & the Netherland were originally not the province of the Dutch. Historians have been able to establish that Tulips probably originated thousands of years ago in Asia, Africa and Southern Europe, with commercial cultivation of the flower beginning in early Persia probably somewhere in the 10th Century. Now there are commercial farms in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

The Orchid, a flower that is associated with southeast Asia, are commercially grown in small regions around the globe , such as Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Hawaii. Orchids have been a part of Chinese culture for many centuries, permeating Chinese history, legends, literature, and art, but their origins can be traced back to the age of dinosaurs! European collectors brought these flowers home and began cultivating them which is how they became popular worldwide.

The amazing thing with technology, is, just like people have moved far from their ancestral homes and adapted, all of these flowers can now be grown pretty much anywhere around the globe if given the right conditions. So, the next time you have a beautiful bloom in your hand, think about how far and wide it’s traveled to be here with you!

Now… go and have yourself a wholesale fresh flower day!

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