The other day I was looking for flowers to buy for a friend, and I came upon a bouquet of verdant chrysanthemums. They stood out from the other fragrant blossoms, mostly because they were a light shade of lime green—almost the same color from bloom to stem. I picked up the flowers only to discover that they were called Yoko Ono chrysanthemums. You know you're really famous when you have a variety of flora named in your honor. Some minor Google sleuthing showed that the flowers were created by a production company in Holland called Dekker Chrysanten, and that yoko means chrysanthemum in Japanese. it figures: Green flowers named after a rock goddess come from the same place as the tulips, the lenient policies toward weed, and the wooden shoes. Next time you're invited to a cocktail party, bring the flowers and wow your hosts with your extensive knowledge of horticulture and Yoko Ono. Nerd.
—Jessica Grose
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The other day I was looking for flowers to buy for a friend, and I came upon a bouquet of verdant chrysanthemums. They stood out from the other fragrant blossoms, mostly because they were a light shade of lime green—almost the same color from bloom to stem. I picked up the flowers only to discover that they were called Yoko Ono chrysanthemums. You know you're really famous when you have a variety of flora named in your honor. Some minor Google sleuthing showed that the flowers were created by a production company in Holland called Dekker Chrysanten, and that yoko means chrysanthemum in Japanese. it figures: Green flowers named after a rock goddess come from the same place as the tulips, the lenient policies toward weed, and the wooden shoes. Next time you're invited to a cocktail party, bring the flowers and wow your hosts with your extensive knowledge of horticulture and Yoko Ono. Nerd.
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