Chiang Mai, Thailand, is known as the Rose of the North, but it really blooms into life in early February, towards the end of the cool season. Chiang Mai Flower Festival exhibitions is starting every year in the first week of February. During the travel from columbus to new york I read a article on this flower exhibitions. This is the style of Thailand to saying goodbye to winter. Everywhere the tourist will find displays of yellow and white chrysanthemums, and the Damask Rose, a variety found only in Chiang Mai.