All-time favourite flower?

9 years ago

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Chelsea Flower Show is around the corner, in fact, it opens up its doors to the public tomorrow. For those of you who are lucky to have a ticket, you'll enjoy some really beautiful show gardens. For the rest of us, well, we can always enjoy the media coverage!

With that in mind, today I'd love to know - what's your favourite flower/plant?

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9 years ago

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Tradescantia virginiana, aka Spiderwort, a not so pretty name for a wonderful flower. These are from my garden and were transplanted from my parent's home 30 years ago, have moved to three homes with me, and are more beautiful than ever.

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Geneviève
9 years ago
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Here is a little view Rose of Sharon and Wisteria
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Bill Yockey
9 years ago
Daffs, they are that bright smile after a cold winter.
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Lainey Stern
9 years ago
Gardenia and then hydrangea
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abbyjean
9 years ago
Daisies!!!
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grobby
9 years ago
I can't choose a favorite. I can tell you that pink is my favorite color for flowers. Can I get away with that.
shars55
9 years ago
Too hard to pick just one.....I love peonies the most, but I also love hydrangeas, and tulips.
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edithsmom
9 years ago
Gardenia...delicate scent, lovely shape flower head...aah.
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tomard
9 years ago
Sweet pea, for the wonderful colours and fragrance. They say summer to me.
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printesa
9 years ago
tomard, I forgot sweet pea,,I love them!
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9 years ago
I really love the exotics such as proteas and heliconias. Love flowers tremendously

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Krishna C.
9 years ago
Hands down ranunculi and peonies.
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Debby Lew
9 years ago
Gerber Daisy
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Marcia Joseph
9 years ago
Hydrangea for sure, and any flower that's yellow.
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pattikee
9 years ago
Love them all as long as they aren't too fragrant. tulips are my all time fav!
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kdhiggins
9 years ago
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Sunflowers! Instant Happiness.
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Jennifer Hogan
9 years ago
Jasmine, heavily scented roses, Gardenia, anything with a knock your nose off scent!
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janaran
9 years ago
Annabelle hydrangeous and or gerbera daisies
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2deco
9 years ago
Peonies and Lilac!
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9 years ago
Bluebells and gerbera,
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rredpenn
9 years ago
For color--SIberian Squill (deep blue)
For scent--Lily of the valley
For sentimental value--Greatx4G'mother's Scout peonies (single, deep rose color)
For looks, far away--Redbud trees in bloom
For looks, close up--Irises, all kinds, deep purples
For cutting--Daisies
For summer color, scent and tenacity in hot weather--Russian Sage
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For foliage/blooming en masse--Royal Standard hosta
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For dreaming, because I can't grow them here--Rhodo's/Azaleas/Blue hydrangeas

Don't make me choose just one!
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printesa
9 years ago
@rredpenn, if you like Rhodo/Azaleas, visit Portland, OR. They even have there a garden full of those.
asquithoatley
9 years ago
You cant go past the magnificent waratah.
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rredpenn
9 years ago
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printesa...one of my very favorite places in the world! Sister lives there, and when I retire for real, I plan on spending lots of time there every spring! The Portland Rose garden too! And the Japanese gardens. And the neighborhoods. I love Portland.
Geneviève
9 years ago
Hibiscus
Melissa Freeman
9 years ago
My favorite are tulips, my state flower is bluebonnets
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printesa
9 years ago
rredpenn, I lived there for three years; my sister and mom still live there. I visit them every Spring. Still have friends there. It is a beautiful place. Other than the gardens you mentioned, there is also The Grotto, which is really nice
Angie Brinkman
9 years ago
Orchids and impatiens. Though I have never kePt an orchid they are so beautiful. Impatiens are so hardy, fill in like crazy and bloom all summer, they are so easy :)
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peonies, poppies, zinnias, roses & sunflowers - anything bright & colourful!
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Emily H
9 years ago
I love, love, love, hydrangeas.
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For colour, volume and scent I would have to say the peony.
mabelbridges
9 years ago
I don't have one favorite, I have many....all of the above mentioned and then some.
Natosha Schafer
9 years ago
Peonies
sheriss
9 years ago
sweet peas have been my favorites since I was a child.
kathleen MK
9 years ago
With a mother named Iris and a grandma Rosa it is hard to choose just one.
I pick my roses as much for fragrance as color. Reine de violette is a deep magenta with a peppery and sweet scent. I also love gardenias, jasmine, and honeysuckle for scent. I love wildflowers especially winecups, evening primroses and fields clover and blue bonnets.
armygirl1987
9 years ago
I love hibiscus but recently planted guaras and I am in love especially when they sway in the wind.
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Peonies are definitely my all-time favorite flower! They're just so beautiful :)
Julia Anna
9 years ago
Any white flower! White peonies look like white tracing paper, white chrysanthemums look like pom poms.. either any white flower or sunflowers. Sunflowers have such a lovely shape and proportion.
User
9 years ago
Dahlias, they remind me of my father who grew lots of them.
Sigrid
9 years ago
Lilacs because they say spring is really here. But then again, the lilacs are blooming now. If something else was in front of me, looking and smelling fantastic, would I still say lilac?
mouzzer
9 years ago
Peonies and lilacs, although I've had better success growing dandelions.
alibert
9 years ago
Keukenhof of course!
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Ananda Landscapes
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Our personal favorite is the bearded iris!
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Love love peonies, gerber daisies and hydrangeas!
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Laurie
9 years ago
It's a tie: sweet peas and lilacs!
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We have so many! Tulips and peonies, hydrangeas just to name a few
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Nicole
9 years ago
Hydrangeas and peonies!!!!
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Oakleaf Hydrangeas and Cala Lillies.
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9 years ago
What's not to love? I love them all to death (literally)!
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We love Hydrangeas and Peonies!

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