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. 😣
This thing looks magical though, and I still can’t believe it’s from this planet.
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.
Firefly Petunia, because it glows in the dark.
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.
Lavandula smells nice and is Purple
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.
Peony because I like the way it looks like a ruffled ball of fabric
I love Lily of the Valley. They are so tiny and cute and smell amazing. Breaking Bad taught me they are also poisonous
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.
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.
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.
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