Anchorage - City of Flowers
Downtown Anchorage Visitors Center.
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Each summer, Anchorage comes alive with big, bright flowers that paint the landscape in bold hues. The city plants 461 flowerbeds and hanging baskets at 81 sights.
Begin a beautiful exploration downtown to see some of the biggest and brightest annuals around town.
The Fireweed Legend
This vibrant flower blooms in late summer and autumn, painting the roadsides in rich hues of pink and magenta - much to the delight of local residents. As legend has it, when fireweed reaches its full splendor the six-week countdown to winter begins.
One Flower You'll Remember
The official state flower is the Forget-Me-Not. Although its golden blossoms shining from a bed of blue petals are indeed hard to forget, it's a tiny plant - and a bit ironic for the largest state in the union!
Monster Veggies!
'Round these parts, one cabbage can fill a wheelbarrow. Visit the Alaska State Fair and feast your eyes on these weighty wonders. Current record holders:
- Broccoli - 39.50 lbs.
- Cabbage - 105.60 lbs.
- Celery - 63.30 lbs.
- Mushroom - 25.30 lbs.
- Pumpkin - 942.00 lbs.
- Squash - 569.00 lbs.
- Watermelon - 168.60 lbs.
- Sunflower (tallest) - 16.75 ft.
