Bill naming the native sweetbay magnolia Georgia’s state flower is running out of time to bloom • Georgia Recorder
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Georgia could soon have an official new state flower.  Senate Bill 240, sponsored by Milledgeville Republican Sen. Rick Williams, calls for changing the state floral emblem from the invasive Cherokee rose, which is native to southern China, to the native sweetbay magnolia.  Similar bills have run into opposition in the past, including from the chairman […]

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Georgia could soon have an official new state flower.  Senate Bill 240, sponsored by Milledgeville Republican Sen. Rick Williams, calls for changing the state floral emblem from the invasive Cherokee rose, which is native to southern China, to the native sweetbay magnolia.  Similar bills have run into opposition in the past, including from the chairman […]

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