I was a big fan of the movie "The American President" starring Michael Douglas and Annette Benning. And it wasn't because the movie was a precursor to writer Aaron Sorkin's genius television series "The West Wing". I enjoyed the plot, the dialogue, the acting and the scene in which the President tries unsuccessfully to answer the question if the dogwood is a tree or flower.
Turns out the Hollywood script is correct. The state flower of Virginia is the dogwood and its state tree is (drumroll please) - the dogwood. To complicate matters, in Missouri, the dogwood is the state tree and in North Carolina, the dogwood is the state flower. No wonder I am apathetic about government and politics - they can't make up their minds about botany much less alone policy and budgetary issues!
Despite the lack of guidance government offers, I am pleased the dogwoods are blooming.
I was a big fan of the movie "The American President" starring Michael Douglas and Annette Benning. And it wasn't because the movie was a precursor to writer Aaron Sorkin's genius television series "The West Wing". I enjoyed the plot, the dialogue, the acting and the scene in which the President tries unsuccessfully to answer the question if the dogwood is a tree or flower.
Turns out the Hollywood script is correct. The state flower of Virginia is the dogwood and its state tree is (drumroll please) - the dogwood. To complicate matters, in Missouri, the dogwood is the state tree and in North Carolina, the dogwood is the state flower. No wonder I am apathetic about government and politics - they can't make up their minds about botany much less alone policy and budgetary issues! 
Despite the lack of guidance government offers, I am pleased the dogwoods are blooming.
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it's a split-personality creature: flower when in bloom, tree the rest of the time. =D but they shore are gaw-gus. says the southern gal. ;)
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