Oklahoma State Flower Archives

February 11, 2022 Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Oklahoma State Flower, JA Bates, William Morris’s Flowers by Rowan Bain, and Eliza Calvert Hall

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1715 Birth of Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British aristocrat, naturalist, and botanist. Known as Maria to friends, she amassed an…

A mistletoe plant growing on an apple tree.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: February 11, 1893 Dearest reader, On this day, the territory of Oklahoma took a bold step into the floral spotlight by officially recognizing mistletoe as its first State Flower—a choice that, while charming, was more symbolic than practical. This decision was made fourteen years…

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February 11, 2022 Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Oklahoma State Flower, JA Bates, William Morris’s Flowers by Rowan Bain, and Eliza Calvert Hall

Oklahoma’s Parasitic Emblem: The Storied History of Mistletoe as State Floral Symbol