Lady Slipper Flower Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Lady Slipper Flower Is The State Flower Of Minnesota
By Suzzie T Franklin
Lady slipper flower is the state flower of our glorious state
of Minnesota. It is a delicate white and pink flower and it grows
mainly in shaded heavily wooded areas.
The lady slipper flower is a protected flower and is in danger
of becoming extinct, due to the ever expanding urban sprawl, taking
out wooded areas of our wilderness.
I live in the state of Minnesota. I was born and raised here
and will most likely live out the rest of my life here. We have
many extremes in our weather patterns.
We get as cold as 45 degrees below zero in the winter and as
high as 110 degrees in the summer with a great deal of humidity.
The unpredictable weather is part of the reason I love this state.
The State Flower of Minnesota
Urban sprawl has claimed a great deal of property. As a result
the state flower the lady slipper flower is becoming extinct.
The northern third of the state had been an area of wilderness
until recently. This area has the vast majority of the 10,000
lakes that we are famous for.
What had been wilderness and wooded areas are now populated with
lake homes and cabin getaways for people that live in the cities
during the week and spend the weekends “up north”. This expansion
is destroying the habitat for the lady slipper flower.
The Habitat of the Lady Slipper Flower
This is a delicate beautiful white and pink flower that grows
in shaded heavily wooded areas. My father talks about seeing hundreds
of them spread across the ground when he was a boy. Now there
are very few people that will ever see a lady slipper flower in
the wild.
The flower needs to reseed itself in order to come up again the
next year. So many people used to pick the unusual lady slipper
flower. Once the flower is picked it will not come back again
the next year.
Steep Fines For Harming The Flower
There are now steep fines for picking, digging or in anyway harming
this flower. Because it is the state flower people are intrigued
with wanting to find one. Many times the very act of looking for
one may destroy the small plants as they try to grow.
Some of the state parks will fence off an area where the plants
are growing so that people can see them and take pictures without
damaging the plant.
To me it would make sense to choose a flower that is more prevalent
across a greater portion of the state to be the state flower.
If we would have a different state flower maybe the stress on
the lady slipper flower would decrease because people would not
be obsessed with finding one.
I am considering to grow some lady slipper flowers in our backyard.
I just wont tell anyone because the flowers might get damaged
or stolen by intruders into our property.
I may try and grow it in a secluded part of the yard, away from
the garden and under the trees, so it doesn't draw attention.
Most people will not know that we we have lady slipper flowers
in our backyard, because we wont tell them.
We need to draw less attention so that we can protect the lady
slipper flower.
About the Author:
Suzzie T Franklin has written a number of articles on gardening
and landscaping including
Cherry Blossom,
Fruit Trees,
White Flowers,
Tole Painting,
Plastic Flower Pot,
Bamboo Plants,
Zen Garden,
Wire Topiary Frames,
Window Bird Feeders,
Planting Guide,
Flower Seeds,
Gardening Vegetable,
Garden Furniture,
The Japanese Garden,
Bonsai Trees,
Bonsai Plants,
Outdoor Bonsai Trees,
Indoor Bonsai Trees,
Tropical Fish Hobbyist,
Aquarium Heaters,
Aquarium Fish Tank,
Aquarium Fish Food,
Aquarium Decoration,
Freshwater Aquarium Fish,
Marine Aquarium Fish,
Saltwater Aquarium Fish,
Tropical Aquariums.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
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