Quote Originally Posted by Daisy and Delilah View Post
I love this parade!! I wait for it every year. Was it just me or were they not naming the flowers used on the floats like they usually do? That's my second favorite part next to looking at the work that goes into them. I was watching the one with Al Roker.

Please note that Al Roker was on the Today Show this morning. Which Al Roker segment was pre-recorded? Could he have flown out there that fast? I doubt it.
Oh yes, Terry, they most definitely WERE telling the flowers used. One float had 131 different varities of flowers, seed, herbs. Just amazing!

The Rain Forest float used buffalo grass on the 9 gorillas, it really did seem like there were alive as the grasses were flowing. The folks working that float had renamed it "gorilla grass" during the prep.

And one float had something which is only grown commerically at ONE farm in the country, in Indiana. They said the location and name of that farm was a highly guarded secret.

The China float had many things flown in from China AFTER Christmas so it would be fresh.