Can You Guess North Carolina’s Favorite Flower? It’s Not The Dogwood
Spring is in the air, and the flowers are blooming. I absolutely love looking at all the gorgeous flowers decorating Charlotte these days. And on my to-do list for this…
Spring is in the air, and the flowers are blooming. I absolutely love looking at all the gorgeous flowers decorating Charlotte these days. And on my to-do list for this week is to purchase a bouquet of flowers to brighten up my house. My favorite flower is probably an orchid or tulips. But have you ever wondered what flowers other people enjoy the most? A new study by Primrose determined the favorite flower or each US State.
To do this the experts at Primrose analyzed Google search data for 1,085 plant and flower variations to determine each country, US state and UK city’s favorite flowers and plants. I'll give you a hint the flower that topped North Carolina's list is also the most popular in the United States. It was searched in NC 853,500 times. That's a lot!
Residents of North Carolina are in the majority with their love for roses
The study analyzed Google searches across each US state to reveal that residents of North Carolina love their roses. In fact, the state has searched for roses over 853,500 times in the last year alone.
Rose
(Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)Along with being North Carolina's favorite flower, the rose is by far the most popular in the country. Checkout the other states it also ranks at the top of.
- North Carolina
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Lousiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Sunflower
(Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)The sunflower came up as the second most popular flower. But won a lot fewer states that the rose. States who preferred the sunflower are:
- Iowa
- Kansas
- South Dakota
Forget Me Not
(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Alaska's favorite flower is the forget me not.
Frangipani
Videowok_art/Getty Images CreativeHawaii has a completely different climate than the rest of the country so it makes sense they are unique in their favorite flower choice.
Peony
(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)Vermont chose peony as its favorite flower.
Cactus
(Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images)Perhaps the most surprising choice on this list belongs to Washington and the cactus.
