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April showers will bring May flowers. What is/are your favorite flower/flowers? Mine are sunflowers.🌻 (Original Post) debm55 21 hrs ago OP
Daisies. a kennedy 20 hrs ago #1
Thank you for sharing daisies with us, a kennedy. debm55 19 hrs ago #4
Roses 🌹 anciano 20 hrs ago #2
thank you very much, anciano. for sharing the lovely rose.🌹 debm55 19 hrs ago #5
Some roses - I guess the tea kind rather bore me BUT seen many beautiful ones at the Botanical Gardens. .. electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #16
April Showers bring grass, and lots of it in Maine. OAITW r.2.0 20 hrs ago #3
Thank you OAITW r.2.0. Here in Pittsburgh we have been mowing every week. I was out taking the dog out and it is high debm55 19 hrs ago #6
Disabled my riding lawnmwer today....so push mowing my 3 acres of lawn by hand now. Freakin' great. OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #7
Oh no, I'm so sorry that happened to you debm55 18 hrs ago #12
That's life debm55. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #13
I love lilies of the valley and lilacs Grim Chieftain 19 hrs ago #8
Those would by next two favorites. Thank you Grim Chieftain.🌼 debm55 6 hrs ago #24
Peonies bloom here on June 7. Frasier Balzov 19 hrs ago #9
🪷Lovely flowers. Thank you for sharing with us, Frasier Balzov. debm55 6 hrs ago #23
I don't know where you are, but peonies do not grow well here in Ft Worth yellowdogintexas 45 min ago #31
Can't pick just one - I love daffodils, pansies... 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #10
Wow what a selection, 3catwoman3.🪷 debm55 6 hrs ago #22
Purple Cone Flowers Bayard 18 hrs ago #11
That sounds beautiful. Thank you, Bayard.💐 debm55 6 hrs ago #21
Carnations. LoisB 17 hrs ago #14
Thank you very much, LoisB.🪷 debm55 6 hrs ago #20
Peonies! Later...at the Botanical Gardens (has to warm up more) - Lotuses! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #15
Thank you very much for sharing with us, electric_blue68.💐 debm55 6 hrs ago #19
So many u4ic 15 hrs ago #17
Thank you very much , u4ic for sharing your favorites.🌹 debm55 6 hrs ago #18
Tulips. applegrove 3 hrs ago #25
Bluebonnets. cloudbase 3 hrs ago #26
Probably Lilacs for the smell, Columbine and Indian Paint for the color and their wild nature. Bristlecone 3 hrs ago #27
Rhododendrons CanonRay 3 hrs ago #28
I love the smell of lilacs and hyacinths MIButterfly 2 hrs ago #29
The Sterling Silver variety of rose. Aristus 2 hrs ago #30
Iris are my favorites, even though they only bloom for a short period in the spring yellowdogintexas 41 min ago #32

electric_blue68

(27,302 posts)
16. Some roses - I guess the tea kind rather bore me BUT seen many beautiful ones at the Botanical Gardens. ..
Tue May 19, 2026, 01:38 AM
16 hrs ago

In one of my nabes we a had a climber around the other side of the block. 🩷

I loved them on the arched trelises at the BGs.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,599 posts)
3. April Showers bring grass, and lots of it in Maine.
Mon May 18, 2026, 09:29 PM
20 hrs ago

Freaking grass goes nutz up here all of May. My lawns really want to be fields. Should have mowed a week ago. Will be mowing early next week....again.

debm55

(61,721 posts)
6. Thank you OAITW r.2.0. Here in Pittsburgh we have been mowing every week. I was out taking the dog out and it is high
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:19 PM
19 hrs ago

and a mess. However, It is supposed to rain the next three days.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,599 posts)
7. Disabled my riding lawnmwer today....so push mowing my 3 acres of lawn by hand now. Freakin' great.
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:23 PM
19 hrs ago

OAITW r.2.0

(32,599 posts)
13. That's life debm55.
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:34 PM
18 hrs ago

Hey. I have a sister born in 1955. She was teacher of the year in Maine sometime ago. Life goes on - Obladi Obladah.

yellowdogintexas

(23,763 posts)
31. I don't know where you are, but peonies do not grow well here in Ft Worth
Tue May 19, 2026, 05:06 PM
45 min ago

Our house in Evansville came with 3 lovely peony plants. I miss seeing them.

3catwoman3

(29,803 posts)
10. Can't pick just one - I love daffodils, pansies...
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:42 PM
19 hrs ago

...Gerbera daisies, lilies of the valley, bleeding hearts, geraniums, violets, hyacinths, lilacs, moss roses, begonias, and, although not a flower, coleus plants.

Bayard

(30,273 posts)
11. Purple Cone Flowers
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:09 PM
18 hrs ago

They're just starting to bud here now. I have them in a wildflower bed in my garden, along with blue Bachelor Buttons, Blackeyed Susans, and not-so-wild, Hollyhocks.

electric_blue68

(27,302 posts)
15. Peonies! Later...at the Botanical Gardens (has to warm up more) - Lotuses!
Tue May 19, 2026, 01:31 AM
16 hrs ago

I really love plenty of flowers, but these are my most favorites. 🤔 Hydrangeas probably are my 3rd favorite .or maybe hibicus are and hydrangeas 4th.

u4ic

(17,134 posts)
17. So many
Tue May 19, 2026, 02:06 AM
15 hrs ago

But top tier are gladiolus, lilacs, sunflowers, roses, lilies and lily of the valley.

Bristlecone

(11,188 posts)
27. Probably Lilacs for the smell, Columbine and Indian Paint for the color and their wild nature.
Tue May 19, 2026, 02:41 PM
3 hrs ago

MIButterfly

(3,141 posts)
29. I love the smell of lilacs and hyacinths
Tue May 19, 2026, 02:56 PM
2 hrs ago

I also like hydrangeas.

But my absolute favorite flowers to have in pots are begonias and New Guinea impatiens because they are so pretty and low-maintenance.

Aristus

(72,523 posts)
30. The Sterling Silver variety of rose.
Tue May 19, 2026, 03:14 PM
2 hrs ago

It isn't really silver. It's a very pale lavender. But it's beautiful. You don't see it around much, because it's very difficult to cultivate. That gives it rarity value, as well.

yellowdogintexas

(23,763 posts)
32. Iris are my favorites, even though they only bloom for a short period in the spring
Tue May 19, 2026, 05:10 PM
41 min ago

I would love a variety which would bloom all summer. There are reblooming iris but they do not do well here because our summers are too hot and too long.

I wish daffodils would last longer too.

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