Hanasaki Kaoruko (花咲 薫子 Hanasaki Kaoruko?) is Hanasaki Tsubomi's grandmother and mother of Hanasaki Youichi in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!. She is a famous botanist and owner of the Flower Shop. She is considered wise and kind, and cares deeply for her granddaughter. Her old-fashioned speech patterns influenced Tsubomi's way of speaking. When she was young, she was Cure Flower (キュアフラワー Kyua Furawā?), and is chronologically the second known Cure in the Heartcatch Pretty Cure! universe.