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Photo: London's Kew Gardens Plants Olympic Rings

The Olympic rings rendered in flowers at London's Kew Gardens
The Olympic Rings are rendered in a variety of colorful flowers at London's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
(Image credit: RBG Kew)

London's famed Kew Gardens is celebrating the 2012 Summer Olympics with a unique take on the iconic Olympics rings — plants in each of the ring's five colors.

The rings were initial planted by Kew staff and volunteers to mark 100-day countdown to the beginning of the games and were unveiled in May. As the games grew closer, the rings were re-planted with new species:

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