3000 carnations are displayed at Sony building on April 1, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan....NSI News Source Info # 423

3000 carnations are displayed at Sony building on April 1, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Carnation production in Japan started in 1909 when a florist brought seeds back from United States.

Flowers, flowers....NSI News Source Info # 379

Flowers, flowers....beautiful and colorful flowers everywhere!!!!

Photographers were treated to a festival of colors at the annual Hong Kong Flower Show....NSI News Source Info # 310

Photographers were treated to a festival of colors at the annual Hong Kong Flower Show.

Daffodil flowers....NSI News Source Info # 91

Daffodil flowers bloom in a field near Penzance in Cornwall, England. Because of the recent harsh winter weather many growers are reporting later than usual blooming of flowers - with a report by the National Trust saying that more than half of its plants in gardens in Devon and Cornwall were damaged by the unusually severe recent bout of frost and snow. The annual National Trust flower count of its gardens in the two counties shows that the Sub-Mediterranean species which thrive in the South West's milder climate have been hard-hit by the recent cold weather.