I have a consistent route I take to work in the mornings. And as I tend to do, I am usually peeking around to see what is happening in the landscape. This time of year, the headliners during my drives are usually dogwoods, azaleas, cherries and forsythia exploding with color.
But on this morning’s journey, there is one that is really showing out nicely that I tend to forget even exists. And it happens to be the state flower of Georgia. The Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata) was adopted by the Georgia General Assembly as the floral emblem of the State of Georgia on August 18, 1916, at the request of the Federation of Women's Clubs.