Very heady scent of lilies as they start to turn also makes me ill.
I alo prefer flowers when still alive - though if I ever have cut flowers in the house, it;s usually around my birthday (next week) as I adore yellow spring bulbs, mimosa and anything springlike and bright yellow (husband, take note)
I'm also a dahlia fan. I find that there are usually enough flowers on a plant that if I cut a few for a vase they are not missed. Can't think of any flowers that I don't like.
Years ago a friend took me to an RHS show in Westminster; we walked through the wrong door and saw an exhibition/competition for flowers. 'Oh', I said in ringing tones, 'It's just a show of paper flowers!' At this point my friend clapped a hand over my mouth and dragged me out of the hall; it was an exhibition by very serious Begonia growers. I have to admit I don't much like them, the pom-pom ones look fake to me, but the ones I have seen growing all year round in Barbados look great.
Ooh, I don't think busy lizzy is going to like being called plastic! I like the double ones and they are great for a site that doesn't like sun, where not many flowers will grow.
I have a space like that and grow snowdrops, daffs, hostas, astilboides, hellebores, primulas, hemerocallis, chelone, Japanese anemones, hakonechloa, ferns, a couple of dwarf conifers and lily of the valley which all cope with winter, a bit of damp and no direct sun most of the year.
No wussy plastic busies.
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As I qualified as a florist a few years ago, my family are always buying me flowers, to play with. The only ones I don't like indoors ( though not a flower) are those cabbage stems that they put in mixed bunches sometimes. The stems in water start to stink so quickly, and they are too fat to use with florists foam. There are much nicer foliages to choose from. Yes I love my flowers in the garden as well, but I try to grow some things just for cutting, and doing a pretty arrangement.
Not keen on dahlias indoors, as I always remember earwigs crawling all over the table as a child!
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I once came back from Wales with the car full of cheap daffs and the smell nearly made me ill. I can tolerate a few in the house though.
In the summer I love a bunch of roses and sweet peas from the garden
Still have to say, probably my most stand out dislikes are still hellebores. Also not a huge fan of carnations (funeral wreaths).
Another vote for dahlias
Very heady scent of lilies as they start to turn also makes me ill.
I alo prefer flowers when still alive - though if I ever have cut flowers in the house, it;s usually around my birthday (next week) as I adore yellow spring bulbs, mimosa and anything springlike and bright yellow (husband, take note)
In the summer I love a bunch of rust coloured chrisanths in a big honey coloured vase in the fireplace.
I'm also a dahlia fan
. I find that there are usually enough flowers on a plant that if I cut a few for a vase they are not missed. Can't think of any flowers that I don't like.
Years ago a friend took me to an RHS show in Westminster; we walked through the wrong door and saw an exhibition/competition for flowers. 'Oh', I said in ringing tones, 'It's just a show of paper flowers!' At this point my friend clapped a hand over my mouth and dragged me out of the hall; it was an exhibition by very serious Begonia growers.
I have to admit I don't much like them, the pom-pom ones look fake to me, but the ones I have seen growing all year round in Barbados look great.
I always think begonias look plastic so really don't like them. Most busy lizzies too.
Ooh, I don't think busy lizzy is going to like being called plastic!
I like the double ones and they are great for a site that doesn't like sun, where not many flowers will grow.
I have a space like that and grow snowdrops, daffs, hostas, astilboides, hellebores, primulas, hemerocallis, chelone, Japanese anemones, hakonechloa, ferns, a couple of dwarf conifers and lily of the valley which all cope with winter, a bit of damp and no direct sun most of the year.
No wussy plastic busies.
As I qualified as a florist a few years ago, my family are always buying me flowers, to play with. The only ones I don't like indoors ( though not a flower) are those cabbage stems that they put in mixed bunches sometimes. The stems in water start to stink so quickly, and they are too fat to use with florists foam. There are much nicer foliages to choose from. Yes I love my flowers in the garden as well, but I try to grow some things just for cutting, and doing a pretty arrangement.
Not keen on dahlias indoors, as I always remember earwigs crawling all over the table as a child!