Red spider lily is my favorite because of its blood red hue and symbolism.
Most of the time it's tulips. They're classic, not overly fancy, come in a ton of colors and a few different petal shapes if you need something a little extra, and they just remind me of spring and the shape makes me happy.
The one I like that's out of my league is the fuchsia. I wanted one for a few years, kept forgetting to buy one, and last year I finally got one. It was about double what I like to spend on plants because half of them die because I'm an over-waterer. The fuchsia lasted a week. ๐ฃ
This thing looks magical though, and I still can't believe it's from this planet.
I'm also a big fan of tulips. I live near the park in Ottawa where they hold the annual tulip festival. It's always a great time.
They're just so versatile. Even a single one has great minimalist beauty. A nice bouquet adds a burst of color to match or complement a room. And their straight, controlled shape can make beautiful displays or patterns outdoors. I also enjoy them at all stages of bloom too.
The ones at the Ottawa festival are genetically engineered to form specific colour petals (including colour gradients and patterns on the petals themselves), and then the bulbs are strategically planted to form really beautiful flowerbeds with nice patterns or even simple images. It's like pixel art with flowers ๐ท
My mom used to have hanging baskets of those magic flowers when I was a kid, and now I'm traumatized because I picked one to show to a friend who was visiting and there was a huge wasp inside of it. Now I can't stand the sight if them lol
Oh no! You picked a dark magic one! ๐ฎ
They would definitely not be as charming if that happened.
That's ok, that fuschia had a good life that week. I've killed many an expensive rose bush in a week or two. ;)
Gerbera, to me those are the "floweriest flowers" I know.
Iโm a simple man and enjoy the sheer size and simplicity of the sunflower. Plus a field of them is just gorgeous.
Hibiscus flowers typically last less than 48 hours but have some insanely beautiful varieties and smell so good!
Two of my favorites that I have in my yard are the: Imperial Dragon
Hellebores (aka Lenten Rose) because they flower early in the spring, and their flowers stay for a few months and change color during that time.
I also love Virginia Bluebells because the blossoms are so durn pretty :)
For flowering shrubs, I love lilacs. I planted four of them along the side of my house. They were maybe a foot tall when I planted them 7 years ago, and now they're at least 10 feet tall. The blooms are so fragrant - I love opening the windows to let the scent into my house.
For annuals, lantana are one of my favorites and every year I put a bunch of them in my pots and planters. In some zones they're perennial and invasive, but in mine they die out in autumn. They have such bright, happy flower clusters, it always makes me smile to see them :)
Gardening season is starting soon and I'm excited in case you couldn't tell!
Glad to see some lilac love here. Anytime I'm out on a walk past some lilacs, I always make a point to stop and smell them.
I love lilacs but they won't grow here.
I tend to go between classics like Sour Diesel or Blue Dream.
I've always loved a Frangipani (especially the white ones)
I have a soft spot for flowering trees, and these always remind me of fun times by the coast (plus some part of me thinks they look like a delicious forbidden food).
There are some insane red varieties of plumerรญa! The traditional yellow are more fragrant though.
Frangipani smells absolutely amazing.. ๐
They also look great behind your ear/in your hair, good choice!
100% agree about the fragrance, one of my faves!
Gardenias. My grandmother had a huge gardenia tree/bush monstrosity that my mom took a cutting off of when grandma died. That cutting turned into the same tree bush monstrosity in my backyard.
Dandelion. F**k yeah, concrete!
Anything with just a really good purple. Deep purples and indigos and such that are so purple they're blue and so blue their purple.
u r ๐ณ
Lilac. Growing up, my childhood home had lilac bushes all around the edge. I used to build forts underneath like it was my own private space. The smell of lilacs brings me back to my happy childhood.
Freesia, because it reminds me of my childhood and Spring.
Lavandula smells nice and is Purple
Peony because I like the way it looks like a ruffled ball of fabric
Black-eyed Susan. They grow in big bunches and expand outward each year in a ring where the seeds fall. Just a simple flower that stands out in late summer in my area and lasts through fall. It's low maintenance too.
I love these, they are so robust, and beautiful. Maybe not my favorite but I do think they are my MVP.
I don't know that they deserve favorite because of what they are, they don't even have much of a smell! But there is just something about them I love, and maybe it's memories or how "wild" they look as they grow in bunches. It reminds me of wildflowers in a field.
Mฤnuka flowers, millions of tiny flowers dropping petals on the wind, absolutely beautiful.
Gaillardia
I love the colours. These flowers grow naturally where I leave in southeast France. They're very resistant and bloom all year long. They where my father's favourite and mine too.
Love me some dahlias, they have such an intricate petal pattern when they bloom!
Firefly Petunia, because it glows in the dark.
Smell-wise, night blooming jasmine. Effortless beauty, rain lilies and the black eyed susans. Pollinator attracting, I don't know what it's called but there is a lanky bush in my backyard with flowers like morning glories and when it blooms, it is a bee club, absolutely stuffed full of bees. So many bees come to that one plant every year late summer.
That giant one that smells like a festering corpse. Because it's funny but also I don't have to deal with it.
politics be damned, I like the alberta wild rose
Snapdragons. My wife sometimes plants them to attract bees to her vegetable garden. The sight of bee butts wriggling to get inside those flowers never fails to make me smile.
By usefulness: Yarrow, it's an incredibly useful plant. Helps with bleeding, heartburn, indigestion.
By looks: Bird of Paradise Flower, lives quite a long time when cut from the plant.
Scariest: Poison Hemlock, it's everywhere. And you wouldn't think much of it.
Even scarier: Giant Hogweed. It's like Poison Hemlock, but apocalyptic in size.
Best smelling: Wax Flower
Least favorites
Limonium, it smells like cat piss.
Roses due to thorns, plus if you don't get them in water ASAP they tend to get air bubbles in the stem that makes the plant die faster.
Gebera Daisies; they have a very weak stem.
2inch Carnations, because they break at the nodes
I used to be a florist and my hobbies involve foraging.
Couldn't tell you my favorite, but I could easily tell you I absolutely HATE rafflesia because it kinda creeps me out in a similar way that mushrooms do.
Roses, but only the heirloom types that have a scent. Their shapes and colors vary widely, but they are so satisfying to my soul, I'd fill up acres with them if we didn't need to raise food. Bit finicky to grow, bit of a challenge to maintain them.
Venus fly traps because they're one of the only flowers that will fight you
Most of the time it's tulips. They're classic, not overly fancy, come in a ton of colors and a few different petal shapes if you need something a little extra, and they just remind me of spring and the shape makes me happy.
The one I like that's out of my league is the fuchsia. I wanted one for a few years, kept forgetting to buy one, and last year I finally got one. It was about double what I like to spend on plants because half of them die because I'm an over-waterer. The fuchsia lasted a week. ๐ฃ
This thing looks magical though, and I still can't believe it's from this planet.
I'm also a big fan of tulips. I live near the park in Ottawa where they hold the annual tulip festival. It's always a great time.
They're just so versatile. Even a single one has great minimalist beauty. A nice bouquet adds a burst of color to match or complement a room. And their straight, controlled shape can make beautiful displays or patterns outdoors. I also enjoy them at all stages of bloom too.
The ones at the Ottawa festival are genetically engineered to form specific colour petals (including colour gradients and patterns on the petals themselves), and then the bulbs are strategically planted to form really beautiful flowerbeds with nice patterns or even simple images. It's like pixel art with flowers ๐ท
My mom used to have hanging baskets of those magic flowers when I was a kid, and now I'm traumatized because I picked one to show to a friend who was visiting and there was a huge wasp inside of it. Now I can't stand the sight if them lol
Oh no! You picked a dark magic one! ๐ฎ
They would definitely not be as charming if that happened.
That's ok, that fuschia had a good life that week. I've killed many an expensive rose bush in a week or two. ;)
Gerbera, to me those are the "floweriest flowers" I know.
Iโm a simple man and enjoy the sheer size and simplicity of the sunflower. Plus a field of them is just gorgeous.
Hibiscus flowers typically last less than 48 hours but have some insanely beautiful varieties and smell so good!
Two of my favorites that I have in my yard are the:
Imperial Dragon
Midnight Tryst
Hellebores (aka Lenten Rose) because they flower early in the spring, and their flowers stay for a few months and change color during that time.
I also love Virginia Bluebells because the blossoms are so durn pretty :)
For flowering shrubs, I love lilacs. I planted four of them along the side of my house. They were maybe a foot tall when I planted them 7 years ago, and now they're at least 10 feet tall. The blooms are so fragrant - I love opening the windows to let the scent into my house.
For annuals, lantana are one of my favorites and every year I put a bunch of them in my pots and planters. In some zones they're perennial and invasive, but in mine they die out in autumn. They have such bright, happy flower clusters, it always makes me smile to see them :)
Gardening season is starting soon and I'm excited in case you couldn't tell!
Glad to see some lilac love here. Anytime I'm out on a walk past some lilacs, I always make a point to stop and smell them.
I love lilacs but they won't grow here.
I tend to go between classics like Sour Diesel or Blue Dream.
I've always loved a Frangipani (especially the white ones)
I have a soft spot for flowering trees, and these always remind me of fun times by the coast (plus some part of me thinks they look like a delicious forbidden food).
There are some insane red varieties of plumerรญa! The traditional yellow are more fragrant though.
This place nearby me has hundreds of varieties: https://www.junglejacksplumeria.com/shop-plumeria-ab
Frangipani smells absolutely amazing.. ๐
They also look great behind your ear/in your hair, good choice!
100% agree about the fragrance, one of my faves!
Gardenias. My grandmother had a huge gardenia tree/bush monstrosity that my mom took a cutting off of when grandma died. That cutting turned into the same tree bush monstrosity in my backyard.
Dandelion. F**k yeah, concrete!
Anything with just a really good purple. Deep purples and indigos and such that are so purple they're blue and so blue their purple.
u r ๐ณ
Lilac. Growing up, my childhood home had lilac bushes all around the edge. I used to build forts underneath like it was my own private space. The smell of lilacs brings me back to my happy childhood.
Freesia, because it reminds me of my childhood and Spring.
Lavandula smells nice and is Purple
Peony because I like the way it looks like a ruffled ball of fabric
Black-eyed Susan. They grow in big bunches and expand outward each year in a ring where the seeds fall. Just a simple flower that stands out in late summer in my area and lasts through fall. It's low maintenance too.
I love these, they are so robust, and beautiful. Maybe not my favorite but I do think they are my MVP.
I don't know that they deserve favorite because of what they are, they don't even have much of a smell! But there is just something about them I love, and maybe it's memories or how "wild" they look as they grow in bunches. It reminds me of wildflowers in a field.
Mฤnuka flowers, millions of tiny flowers dropping petals on the wind, absolutely beautiful.
Gaillardia
I love the colours. These flowers grow naturally where I leave in southeast France. They're very resistant and bloom all year long. They where my father's favourite and mine too.
Love me some dahlias, they have such an intricate petal pattern when they bloom!
Firefly Petunia, because it glows in the dark.
Smell-wise, night blooming jasmine. Effortless beauty, rain lilies and the black eyed susans. Pollinator attracting, I don't know what it's called but there is a lanky bush in my backyard with flowers like morning glories and when it blooms, it is a bee club, absolutely stuffed full of bees. So many bees come to that one plant every year late summer.
Jade vines, they're pretty but also local to my old culture.
I don't have a huge oppinion on this, but whenever I think about it, I constantly find myself liking the snake's head:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritillaria_meleagris
I love Lily of the Valley. They are so tiny and cute and smell amazing. Breaking Bad taught me they are also poisonous
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_of_the_valley
That giant one that smells like a festering corpse. Because it's funny but also I don't have to deal with it.
politics be damned, I like the alberta wild rose
Snapdragons. My wife sometimes plants them to attract bees to her vegetable garden. The sight of bee butts wriggling to get inside those flowers never fails to make me smile.
By usefulness: Yarrow, it's an incredibly useful plant. Helps with bleeding, heartburn, indigestion.
By looks: Bird of Paradise Flower, lives quite a long time when cut from the plant.
Scariest: Poison Hemlock, it's everywhere. And you wouldn't think much of it.
Even scarier: Giant Hogweed. It's like Poison Hemlock, but apocalyptic in size.
Best smelling: Wax Flower
Least favorites Limonium, it smells like cat piss. Roses due to thorns, plus if you don't get them in water ASAP they tend to get air bubbles in the stem that makes the plant die faster. Gebera Daisies; they have a very weak stem. 2inch Carnations, because they break at the nodes
I used to be a florist and my hobbies involve foraging.
Couldn't tell you my favorite, but I could easily tell you I absolutely HATE rafflesia because it kinda creeps me out in a similar way that mushrooms do.
Roses, but only the heirloom types that have a scent. Their shapes and colors vary widely, but they are so satisfying to my soul, I'd fill up acres with them if we didn't need to raise food. Bit finicky to grow, bit of a challenge to maintain them.
Venus fly traps because they're one of the only flowers that will fight you
Indica.