Kristin Sterling - Exploring Flowers

Red tulips

Blue asters

Small bleeding hearts

Large banana plant

Star-shaped pumpkin plant

Cone-shaped
prairie clover

Roses are the national flower
of the United States.

Many people buy roses for
people they love on Mothers
Day and Saint Valentines Day.

Flowers smell good. They are
used to make perfumes.

Cherry blossoms are pretty
and sweet smelling. Cherries
grow from the blossoms.

Did you know olives grow on
trees? Trees flower and then
olives grow.

The biggest flower is called the
Australian mountain ash.

The smallest flower is the
watermeal plant.

blossoms a group of flowers

bud a small growth on a
plant stem that changes into a
flower or a leaf

flowers the parts of a plant
that grow from a stem and
make seeds or fruit

pollen tiny grains in a flower
that look like dust

seed a plant part that can
make a new plant

blossoms

bud

fruits

pollen

seed

stem

vegetables

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