Science
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Talking Bouquets
Medical Uses
100

This common vegetable is actually a flower.

Broccoli

100

Disturbed ground and a hot spring in 1915 led to these turning Flanders' Field into a sea of red.

Poppys

100

Red

Love

100

Aloe Vera

Burns

200

The Venus flytrap is one of several plants that are defined as this.

Carniverous

200

This trend setting matriarch made wedding flowers a must have for brides.

Queen Victoria

200

Yellow

Friendship

200

Echinacea

boost the immune system, fight off infections

300

Too alkaline soil will result in this colour
Hydrangeas.

Pink

300

Norsemen cries of pain from stepping on these, alerted the Scots that they were being invaded.

Thistle

300

White

Purity, Sympathy

300

Chamomile

Insomnia

400

Flowers are thermogenic, they can generate this to attract pollinators.

Heat

400

**Double**

Wars of these resulted from York and Lancaster vying for the English throne.

Roses

400

Blue

Peace

400

Lavender

anxiety, stress

500

Some flowers are capable of this, a trait that is known as thigmotropism.

Moving

500

The roots of this flower were used to remove water contamination from the Chernobyl disaster.

Sunflowers

500

Orange

Excitement, Enthusiasm

500

Yarrow

wounds, bleeding, headache, pain