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Blue-eyed grass, San Diego’s ‘harbinger of spring,’ named official city flower
It narrowly beat out the bush sunflower in a March Madness-style bracket competition — part of an effort to encourage ...
San Diego dumps old official flower for a new, native beauty
San Diego Bird Alliance "put the petal to the metal" to make sure every ZIP code in the county had an opportunity to vote, ...
Native blue-eyed grass becomes San Diego's official flower
San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote today to replace the non-native carnation ...
San Diego adopts new, native official flower
San Diego adopted its current official flower, the carnation, on April 28, 1964, through a secret ballot. More than 7,700 people voted in the tournament in the "Elite Inflorescence," "Final Flora" and ...
What should be San Diego’s official flower? Vote in the March Madness-style Final Four
Local residents are encouraged to pick between the bush sunflower and the California wild rose in one semifinal ... The goal of the competition is finding a replacement for the carnation — a ...
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‘Final flora’ voting opens in contest to pick San Diego’s next official flower
The California wild rose and bush sunflower will face ... winning out over the poinsettia and the rose. Whatever flower usurps the carnation will join other flora serving as symbols of the city ...