The edelweiss is the national flower of Germany and grows only in the Alps. According to worthpoint.com, the pin likely saw fraternal or sorority use and is rare.

F ew flowers from a small portion of Europe and Asia are as universally known as the Edelweiss.Thanks to its prominent use in popular media like The Sound of Music, this flower remains as well ...

I included our clock tower, the Swiss hat and edelweiss, which is the flower well known in Switzerland, and then a little bit of Zen tangle for fun,” says Mel Porta, 2016 Alpenfest Button Designer ...

Boys and girls wore long hair, short shorts and distinctive checked shirts decorated by a small badge or pin in the shape of the edelweiss flower. Jean Jülich tramped the hills south of Bonn with ...

As edelweiss grows in sunny alpine meadows, choose a sunny spot in your rock garden. Then, make sure to amend the soil by laying down a layer of compost, native soil, and pumice in equal parts.

I think back to the pin on my hat — that delicate Edelweiss — and I see it as a metaphor for these kinds of friendships. The Edelweiss, a rare Alpine flower, thrives in challenging conditions.

G erman artist Rita Fürstenau has created a cross-stitch-style Google Doodle to celebrate the edelweiss, the most romantic of Alpine blooms.. The common name for Leontopodium nivale, which means ...

No, it’s not edelweiss. I mean, edelweiss is pretty and all, and it’s about as Swiss as you can get—it’s the penultimate alpine flower: “small and white, clean and bright” dah-dee-dah ...