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April showers will bring May flowers. What is/are your favorite flower/flowers? Mine are sunflowers.🌻 (Original Post) debm55 May 18 OP
Daisies. a kennedy May 18 #1
Thank you for sharing daisies with us, a kennedy. debm55 May 18 #4
Roses 🌹 anciano May 18 #2
thank you very much, anciano. for sharing the lovely rose.🌹 debm55 May 18 #5
Some roses - I guess the tea kind rather bore me BUT seen many beautiful ones at the Botanical Gardens. .. electric_blue68 May 19 #16
Thank you very much for sharing with us, electric_blue68. roses would be my second choice.❤️ debm55 May 21 #40
April Showers bring grass, and lots of it in Maine. OAITW r.2.0 May 18 #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 May 18 #6
Disabled my riding lawnmwer today....so push mowing my 3 acres of lawn by hand now. Freakin' great. OAITW r.2.0 May 18 #7
Oh no, I'm so sorry that happened to you debm55 May 18 #12
That's life debm55. OAITW r.2.0 May 18 #13
I love lilies of the valley and lilacs Grim Chieftain May 18 #8
Those would by next two favorites. Thank you Grim Chieftain.🌼 debm55 May 19 #24
Peonies bloom here on June 7. Frasier Balzov May 18 #9
🪷Lovely flowers. Thank you for sharing with us, Frasier Balzov. debm55 May 19 #23
I don't know where you are, but peonies do not grow well here in Ft Worth yellowdogintexas May 19 #31
Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. I live outside of Pittsburgh.🌸 debm55 May 22 #42
Can't pick just one - I love daffodils, pansies... 3catwoman3 May 18 #10
Wow what a selection, 3catwoman3.🪷 debm55 May 19 #22
Purple Cone Flowers Bayard May 18 #11
That sounds beautiful. Thank you, Bayard.💐 debm55 May 19 #21
Carnations. LoisB May 19 #14
Thank you very much, LoisB.🪷 debm55 May 19 #20
Peonies! Later...at the Botanical Gardens (has to warm up more) - Lotuses! electric_blue68 May 19 #15
Thank you very much for sharing with us, electric_blue68.💐 debm55 May 19 #19
So many u4ic May 19 #17
Thank you very much , u4ic for sharing your favorites.🌹 debm55 May 19 #18
Tulips. applegrove May 19 #25
Thank you very much, applegrove.🌹 debm55 May 22 #43
Bluebonnets. cloudbase May 19 #26
Thank you very much, cloudbase.🌼 debm55 May 22 #44
Probably Lilacs for the smell, Columbine and Indian Paint for the color and their wild nature. Bristlecone May 19 #27
Beautiful, Thank you Bristlecone.🌼🌸🪷 debm55 May 22 #46
Rhododendrons CanonRay May 19 #28
I love the smell of lilacs and hyacinths MIButterfly May 19 #29
The Sterling Silver variety of rose. Aristus May 19 #30
Iris are my favorites, even though they only bloom for a short period in the spring yellowdogintexas May 19 #32
Irises, roses and peonies Wicked Blue May 19 #33
I like all flowers, but for different reasons. Figarosmom May 20 #34
Thank you very much, Figarosmom. I really like Lilies of the Valley. But I do not have too much luck growing them around debm55 May 21 #39
Then You Would Have Loved Eastern Hungary ProfessorGAC May 20 #35
That sounds beautiful , ProfessorGAC. Thank you for sharing. debm55 May 21 #38
April showers bring May flowers. Mayflowers bring pilgrims. retread May 21 #36
Hahahahahah. You just did the Joke of the Day. debm55 May 21 #37
Tulips and Daffodils some_of_us_are_sane May 22 #41
Dinner Plate Dahlia Emile May 22 #45
Oh Thank you, Emile, that is stunning. debm55 May 22 #47
Same, Deb! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 22 #48

electric_blue68

(27,458 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
May 19

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.

debm55

(62,170 posts)
40. Thank you very much for sharing with us, electric_blue68. roses would be my second choice.❤️
Thu May 21, 2026, 07:51 PM
May 21

OAITW r.2.0

(32,750 posts)
3. April Showers bring grass, and lots of it in Maine.
Mon May 18, 2026, 09:29 PM
May 18

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

(62,170 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
May 18

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

OAITW r.2.0

(32,750 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
May 18

OAITW r.2.0

(32,750 posts)
13. That's life debm55.
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:34 PM
May 18

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

yellowdogintexas

(23,765 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
May 19

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

3catwoman3

(29,886 posts)
10. Can't pick just one - I love daffodils, pansies...
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:42 PM
May 18

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

Bayard

(30,441 posts)
11. Purple Cone Flowers
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:09 PM
May 18

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

(27,458 posts)
15. Peonies! Later...at the Botanical Gardens (has to warm up more) - Lotuses!
Tue May 19, 2026, 01:31 AM
May 19

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

(17,147 posts)
17. So many
Tue May 19, 2026, 02:06 AM
May 19

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

Bristlecone

(11,207 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
May 19

MIButterfly

(3,212 posts)
29. I love the smell of lilacs and hyacinths
Tue May 19, 2026, 02:56 PM
May 19

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

(72,630 posts)
30. The Sterling Silver variety of rose.
Tue May 19, 2026, 03:14 PM
May 19

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

(23,765 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
May 19

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.

Figarosmom

(13,867 posts)
34. I like all flowers, but for different reasons.
Wed May 20, 2026, 02:30 AM
May 20

But the only flower I insist on for formal occasions is the Lily of the Valley. Had them all over the church and in my bouquet for my wedding ( got married in May just because that is the time of year for them).

I also like Roses and Dalhias.

debm55

(62,170 posts)
39. Thank you very much, Figarosmom. I really like Lilies of the Valley. But I do not have too much luck growing them around
Thu May 21, 2026, 01:12 PM
May 21

here.

ProfessorGAC

(77,409 posts)
35. Then You Would Have Loved Eastern Hungary
Wed May 20, 2026, 02:49 PM
May 20

And hour & a half to 2 hours southeast of Budapest, I visited an edible oil processing plant that was almost exclusively sunflower oil.
The squeezed the seeds for oil, the ground the rest for livestock feed.
For the last 25 miles or so, the fields were sunflowers for as far as the eye could see in every direction.
All we could see was yellow!
As to your question, I think roses, but I have liked snapdragons since I was a little kid.

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