Most people see them in flower arrangements, but here it's the size of a small palm tree.

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Checkpoints were still visible in parts of the city, as were flower memorials set up near the marathon finish line, where three people suffered fatal wounds and more than 170 were injured.

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In 1979 the Chelsea Flower Show became so crowded that the turnstiles had to be closed and people turned away.

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As the flower became more popular, it became a highly sought after status symbol for people.

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But Gwynneth Flower, managing director of the rival Action 2000 group, said it was right to reassure people and prevent them putting extra strain on certain key services.

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Some 3, 000 people initially gathered outside the building in the Djebel Jelloud suburb of Tunis where Mr Belaid's flower-covered coffin lay.

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