Did you know the flowers in your garden ARE the fireworks??
"๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?"
Hear me out.
You know how a lot of man-made things take inspiration from and/or copy nature?
Well, I was trying to come up with a fun Fourth of July gardening fact to share with y'all, and I started thinking about how a lot of my flowers kind of look like little fireworks...
And then I thought, "๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด?"
And wouldn't you know it!!
THEY. ARE. ๐คฏ
In Japanese, the word for fireworks is hanabi (่ฑ็ซ). Which literally means "flower fire," from hana (flower) and hi (fire).
Pyrotechnicians design the shells to burst into shapes that represent flowers. (And apparently trees, too!)
Isn't that SO COOL?!
I attached some photos of popular ones so you can see for yourself!
I will definitely be dropping this fun fact at my 4th of July party tonight! ๐
Did you guys already know that? Have I been living under a rock?
Because I feel like I may be a bit too excited about this new information. ๐คฃ