Flower grower plants a 720 ft,, flag.. (pretty cool looking)

SoCalDem

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Mon Apr-19-04 03:56 PM
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Flower grower plants a 720 ft,, flag.. (pretty cool looking)

Edited on Mon Apr-19-04 03:57 PM by SoCalDem

Between the field where the flag is planted there are 9+ miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place close to Vandenberg AFB. Checkout the dimensions of the flag.

The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; Each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems each for a total of more than 2 million flowers. You can drive by this flag on V Street south of Ocean Ave. in Lompoc, CA.

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ronnykmarshall

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Mon Apr-19-04 04:02 PM
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1. Awsome!

That looks great.

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commander bunnypants

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Mon Apr-19-04 04:03 PM
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2. that is pretty cool

thanks for the pic

DDQM

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LynzM

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Mon Apr-19-04 04:07 PM
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3. Wow!

That's really neat :D

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SoCalDem

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Mon Apr-19-04 04:13 PM
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4. I just hope that they pick them all at once

It would look pretty scruffy, if they harvested them randomly .

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon Apr-19-04 04:16 PM
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5. Did they spraypaint the blue and red?

or are they different varieties of larkspur?
You only mention white....

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SoCalDem

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Mon Apr-19-04 04:18 PM
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6. I found the pic at FR.. but located the article.. Here it is

Edited on Mon Apr-19-04 04:21 PM by SoCalDem

http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2004/04/02/news/news07.txt

shit.. never mind.. They want $5.00 for a "one day subscription.. I'll look further..

edit again.. no other articles were listed, but the google blurb said that there were red, white and blue larkspur plants.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon Apr-19-04 04:49 PM
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7. Thanks!

I've never seen red larkspur before...only blue, pink, purple, and white. :)

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dfong63

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Mon Apr-19-04 05:58 PM
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8. if only i had a flower farm...

i'd plant a huge field of red, white, and blue larkspur that would spell out the words,

B U C K

F U S H

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Rowdyboy

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Mon Apr-19-04 06:22 PM
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9. There actually IS a red larkspur

http://www.butte.cc.ca.us/instruction/biol/Butte_flowers/D_nudicaule.html

Think I'll order some seeds for the fall.

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