OT- Favourite Flowers

RoseandJoan

I have seen so many people carrying bouquets of flowers in anticipation of Valentines Day, so I'm curious what are your favourite flowers?

Mine are sunflowers.

16 years ago

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Debora

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Tulips!

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

16 years ago

marianna

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I like yellow roses!

16 years ago

Dusty

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Gardenias (the smell reminds me of my wedding). After that, hot pink roses.

16 years ago

Maya

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Lotus and daisies.

16 years ago

Vani

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Julie, sunflowers are my favourite too

16 years ago

JennyK (NC)

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Orchids - without a doubt. There are so many, many varieties and they have such a delicate beauty. I hope one day to have a sun room filled with them!

16 years ago

Boof

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Hydrangeas! Big fluffy ones!

16 years ago

Debora

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Guess what? The doorbell just rang and a delivery man was standing there holding a vase with a dozen red roses and a heart-shaped "I love you" balloon. Unfortunately, they were for my neighbor and he was at the wrong house! I think my hubby may have to make a little trip to the florist today and it better be tulips!

16 years ago

Kristine

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Daisies, sunflowers, lilacs, tulips, hibiscus, orchids, irises. Sigh...I need spring soon!

16 years ago

shana

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It's hard to pick a favorite - peonies, lily of the valley, & camelias are definitely my top three but I also adore gardenias, hydrangea, tulips & lilac. I would have said daisies in my twenties but once I was able to have my own garden, my tastes changed! I was an avid gardener when I lived down south but my current yard, while quite large, is completely shaded & wooded which makes gardening quite difficult.

16 years ago

Beth

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Hydrangeas and old-fashioned garden roses!

16 years ago

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Gerbera daisies

16 years ago

taylor

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White Hydrangeas ties with White Roses:)

16 years ago

RoseandJoan

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How interesting, not a red rose in sight, I wonder where the Valentines tradition of a dozen red roses originated from?

Vani, we are so very alike!

Deborah, I hope your husband does buy you the sweetest bunch of tulips after the red rose fiasco.

16 years ago

LoP

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Red roses are the symbol of love. That's probably the reason for the Valentine's tradition.

I like freesias (for scent), hydrangeas (for shape) and tulips (for elegance and color). Hubby loves sun flowers and tulips... Guess what comes into our Turkish and Dutch household -- Tulips.

16 years ago

Louise

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Freesias every time. I love the scent x

16 years ago

Angie

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High five Marianna and Debora! I love warm coloured tulips and big fat yellow roses best. And jasmine. Great thread.

16 years ago

chewyspaghetti

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It used to be daisies, but I don't know if I could pick now. I'm sure that I'm the odd one out here- I don't like to get bouquets. They make my allergies go haywire, and the cat always poses a problem (chewing on them or knocking them over).

16 years ago

christie

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I love cottage flowers, cut in a vase. In the garden, I am a sucker for roses. I am a bird and wildlife lover, so I am slowly trying to cultivate a native garden (purple coneflower, black eyed susan, bee balm, lilac, etc..) but I also have several rose bushes. I just can't give up my beautiful roses (which I interplant with lavender because I love the combination of scents).

16 years ago

Dawn

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I love calla lilies, especially in either purple or red and yellow. I also love orchids and am currently nurturing a gorgeous dark pink phalaenopsis orchid plant into full bloom.

Alan is buying a house at the moment and my only requests for it are a study for all my books and a garden with good light so I can plant a couple of flower beds.

16 years ago

Ele

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Sweet thread- I love peonies and lilies, probably because these are both flowers that grow in my Mum's garden. I'm also partial to tulips, but for some reason really dislike most roses. Well, "dislike" might not be entirely accurate- I mean, all flowers are beautiful, aren't they? I guess they just don't excite me all that much.

16 years ago

Lena

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Another peony lover here. I'm not fond of cut roses, but love visiting rose gardens. If I could, I would make annual late spring pilgrimages to rose test gardens.

Honestly, it's hard to name a flower I don't like. I'm extremely picky (to the point of occasional snobbishness) about floral arrangements, however.

16 years ago

Maya

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Oh, I forgot hydrangeas. They have a very special place in my heart. They were blooming all over Brittany when I was there, and I used to pick the fallen bits and clip them in my hair. Whenever I think of Brittany, I think of nautical clothing, a very specific shade of blue that is on all the window shutters, and hydrangeas.

16 years ago

Debbie

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I love tulips of all colors!!

16 years ago

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