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What’s your favourite flower?

Looking for suggestions for ones to add to my garden😊
AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
Lavender, honeysuckle, fuchsia, I like anything that brings butterflies and bees to my garden, I like things that pong nice.
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M

A few my flowers that enjoy the sun.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Jacko1971 Like mine. I call it my nature reserve.
revenant · F
@Jacko1971 gardens which are too manicured are boring in my opinion.
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@revenant my garden definitely isn't manicured..
exexec · 61-69, C
exexec · 61-69, C
@JimboSaturn They produce a lot of bulbs for sharing, too.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@exexec Mine have spread nicely
exexec · 61-69, C
@JimboSaturn We imported ours from my parents' house in Georgia, and our Texas neighbors and friends now have their offspring.
revenant · F
dandelion to blow all my wishes 🙂
LandOfOz · 61-69, M
Heres my garden
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Sunflowers and lilies are my favourites 😊

Fragrant plants such as honeysuckle, jasmine and wisteria for a longer term project 🙂
Fantabulous · 46-50, F
Gazanias 💛
FoolishLuna · 56-60, F
@Fantabulous luv those too!
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Two, in my garden, are wild - well one is sort of domesticated, in mine.

Whether you would want them, or could have them, in your garden, I cannot say - besides, it may depend where you live.


The fully wild one that simply wandered in and likes it here is Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis), a Southern European native that readily adopts other temperate regions.

Its thin, fibrous stems grow rather like ivy, in tangles particularly suited to life on old brick and stone walls rich in crevices caused by the mortar having weathered out (hence the species name).

Its leaves resemble those of ivy in shape though are a lot smaller (about 10-12mm across).

It bears a profusion of tiny (about 10mm across) mauve and white flowers with distinctive yellow centres, very attractive to bees and other pollinating insects.

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The "domesticated" one is a Dog-rose (wild rose; Rosa canina); native of Europe, Asia and NW Africa; introduced to the USA in WW2.

My specimen was rescued from a narrow-gauge railway in an industrial museum. It had grown up where not wanted, in the mechanism of a point, as a sucker from a lineside bush that was welcome. It is now part of my boundary, helping security by its vicious thorns.

An important difference from many of the most heavily hybridised roses is that the small, white blossoms are fully open to insects.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
That is seasonal for me. I do enjoy roses as cut flowers for inside, others in the garden, i prefer a stash of color, from peonies, but their season is very short

HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
Bougainvillea, it can grow all over
dimfok · 22-25, M
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
@dimfok θέλω κήπο με βουκαμβίλιες
dimfok · 22-25, M
@HannibalAteMeOut χαχα κλέβω λίγο γιατί δεν μένω Αθήνα-Αθήνα (είμαι λίγο πιο έξω, still εντός Αττικής) αλλά ο κήπος είναι μεγάλος και έχει και βουκαμβίλιες μεταξύ άλλων.
QueenOfTheNerds · 41-45, F
I like pretty much all flowers, but I love my irises and peonies because they require very little tending.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Cleome and Cosmos are two of them, and zinnias and Hollyhocks and tiger lilies.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
And I would add old-fashioned Phlox…they were the best scented phlox. I remember walking down pathways or sidewalks in front of houses and smelling their beautiful scent. They do have a problem sometimes with mildew. The newer varieties are bred to resist mildew but don’t seem to have a scent.
Lavender and roses
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
snapdragons
I like Roses. I have been building all my garden from scratch as i moved in a year ago and the old lady that lived here left it in a bad mess.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
I don't have a "favourite", really. I enjoy them all, though when it comes to roses I prefer the Dog-, or Wild- Rose to those tightly-wrapped hybrids.

The white blossoms are fairly small, about 25mm across, with open faces so easy for bees and other insects to reach the pollen and nectar.

I have one growing in my garden, I'd recovered from where it was growing unwanted. It had done that as a runner from the main plant in nearby shrubs where it was welcome, so I was not harming anything.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
Frangipani's are nice, they have a wonderful sent too.
Umile · 41-45, F
@Thevy29 especially when it rains
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
One thing I’ve planted in large containers is colorful coleus plants. Tricolor is a favorite but I would plant other colors as well, they get even more colorful as they grow. Purple Persian shield is another colorful one. Coleus plants attract hummingbirds too, their long spikes with tiny flowers is something I will never break off. I would add some other colorful plants in other pots near them too.
Umile · 41-45, F
Orchids. Lilies. Frangipani. Gardenias. Peonies.

So many beautiful flowers.

Love them.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Fragrant ones. Peonies, lilies, petunias, lavender, freesias
Probably nothing you'd want it your garden, but wild daisies 🌼💖
Convivial · 26-30, F
natives are always nice and the bees love them
dimfok · 22-25, M
I'd say lilies!
Lilliesandlight · 41-45, F
@dimfok 😁
Beth35 · 36-40, F
Fragrant roses I like all colors
Convivial · 26-30, F
An English garden... Nice🤗
funfan · 51-55, M
Gwen, Happy June over there! Hard to believe this post will be a year-old soon, huh? Which flowers did you add to your summer garden this year?

Sooooo many amazing suggestions in these comments! Great job, SWeeps! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Samba roses, which my father grows…
and Bird of Paradise
Montanaman · M
@bijouxbroussard Oh my!❤️So Beautiful 😍
GypsyMiss · 46-50, F
Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F
smiler2012 · 56-60
{@gwendolinepetal] chrysanthymums my dad dad [grandad to me]grew the ball ones always liked them and there smell 🤔bt i think he grew them in a greenhouse thought
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
It's not about what your favourite flowers are. It's about what flowers will grow successfully in your garden,
Loverofthebeautiful · 46-50, F
Fuchias are beautiful and come in a variety of shapes and colours and also attract Bees.
There are also a large array to choose from.
PhilDeep · 51-55, M
I don't really know the names of any. They all look pretty to me though, even those that might be considered weed-like by others :)
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I love Cosmos, Peonies & Roses. Rose Moss is also really pretty planted in shallow containers.
SW-User
Lilly of the valley. But it tends to grow like a weed. Peppermint too, but you asked about flowers.
Pretzel · 61-69, M
when I plant next year I think it will be something that attracts butterflies
Sunflower and daisies
@Bexsy 😐😐
@NightsWatch you're afraid of me 😝
Convivial · 26-30, F
Probably wont help... Different countries, different seasons ...i love them all...
DCGuy77 · 22-25, M
I love gardens and would love to see a picture of your garden
Holden · 26-30, M
Honeysuckles. I love their smell. Btw message me some time?
LandOfOz · 61-69, M
Foxgloves daffodils pansies anemones ranunculus tulips
SW-User
Always loved fuchia's, but hey, let us enjoy them all.

HannahSky · F
I guess it depends on the climate, sun, shade
Fatalice · 41-45, F
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@Fatalice really, do you know their historical medical use?
Fatalice · 41-45, F
I know they are poison but nothing beyond that just love all the flowers
@samueltyler2
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@Fatalice they are interesting, they are biennials, one year they do not flower, only leaves, the next year they flower. Every part contains what is called a cardiac glycoside
It was discovered in the 19 century that the leaf if given to someone with cardiac congestive heart disease develops improved heath to.
Lavender... Unfortunately, my plant is now dead...
JRVanguard · 26-30, M
Orange roses
Cause they look like fire
Bklynbadboy12 · 31-35, M
I like daisy's and chrysanthemums
Khenpal1 · M
Lavender, Viola odorata L.

 
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