Everybody knows the Edelweiss, which grows high in the Alps and is regarded in Switzerland as a national symbol. But how much do the Swiss really know about the Edelweiss? For the first time, an ...

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 ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the edelweiss, a rare and beautiful flower found high on the rocky slopes of the Alps and Carpathians. The edelweiss blooms from June to September, well above 5900 ...

The flowers, which include edelweiss and deep-blue gentians, bloom between June and the end of September and are well worth the 50-minute trip from Wilderswil aboard a 19th-century rack-and-pinion ...

A national flower is a symbol of a country’s heritage, culture and ­natural beauty. ... Austria has the edelweiss and France the iris or fleur-de-lis, a ­symbol of purity.

A different lapel flower worn by the far-right at the opening of Austria’s new parliament hasn't gone unnoticed. FPÖ members wore edelweiss while denying that their past displays of blue ...

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 ...

German 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 ...