Do you like flowers?

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Do you like flowers?

Yes

Here's some of my favorites

Zinnias



Bearded Irises



Fuschias



Bleeding Hearts



Wild Pansies (or "Johnny Jump Ups" as my mom used to call them )

I enjoy smelling flowers as long as they're not fake and don't reek of that plastic s**t smell that makes me want to vomit. If they're real flowers, though, I'll smell them regardless of species.

Yes I like flowers. This magnolia tree is flowering. I traveled to Lincoln Nebraska once and on the campus of the university there were magnolias like this.

I'm excited because the pomegranate bush in my front yard is going to look like this soon

Yes, but preferably wild rather than cultivated flowers.

Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) and Sea holly (Eryngiums maritimum) are probably my favourites.

https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discove ... rs-bugloss

https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discove ... /sea-holly

In the wild or in a garden yes but I don't see the point of buying them from a shop, putting them in a vase and slowly watching them die.

People who buy them as romantic gifts are daft esp when the other cliché alternative is chocolate.

I believe they are very important to keeping plant & animal species alive but I have no interest in them beyond that. Pollen can really aggravate my allergies & sinus problems. I can sneeze alot & my nose could run nonstop. I also break out in a rash if I get a lot of pollen on me.

Yes I do.

when i lived near DC, i useta make a sorta pilgrimage to the tidal basin every spring to see the cherry blossoms. my folks when i was growing up had huge cherry blossom trees in the front yard. other than that, i'm fond of venus flytraps

There's some aspect to the scent of flowers that I don't enjoy - I'm not sure how to describe it, but it's present in every flower I've smelled. I do, however, enjoy their visual displays.

I love freesia, lilacs, powder pink tulips, Iris, snapdragons, poppies and heather.
Geraniums remind me of my father.

I don't like lilies (they totally stink), sunflowers or orchids.

Wild roses are nice but I don't like cut roses in my house. They give me headaches and they look too formal.

Those are kewl cuz they eat animals like flies. I had them a few times as a kid. We used to sometimes put flies we killed or small pieces of meat in their trap cuz they didn't get that many flies. They were kept in a screened in porch, inside or in the greenhouse. They never lasted long unfortunately. My mom's fairly good with plants cuz she used to be into gardening a lot more. She has physical issues doing a lot of the work nowadays due to pain issues. Anyways the climate where we live which was Louisiana may not be the best environment for flytraps thou hot & humid climate seems like it should be good for them but who knows.
Cactuses/Cacti are kinda kewl too cuz they have lots needles to protect themselves. I had em a few times as a kid & they lasted alittle while.

i guess i like exotic types of plants. i am reminded of a true story, on the set of the 60s scifi series "star trek" producer gene roddenberry was frustrated that his greensman kept giving him the same old generic plants as scenic backdrop, so in frustration one day he took one of the potted plants and uprooted it, stuck it back in the dirt and said "THAT is more like what i've been asking for!!" and the bewildered greensman sheepishly shuffled away.

I do like flowers, but they don't give me joy in the same way that animals do. Some flowers are really beautiful. Others, like lilies, as Isabella said, really stink. They make me sick.

I do like flowers. I like them best when they're outside. I think cut flowers are nice, but I wouldn't buy them for myself. Two flowers I can't stand the smell of indoors: Lilies and hyacinths. They both have a similar smell and remind me of the smell of an outdoor swampy area in our yard when I was a kid. Lilies especially to me, have a sickly sweet smell of decomposition or something. I would go as far as to say I find the smell of them to be offensive.