Does Anyone Else Dislike Cut Flowers?

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Sorry, I love them. I am planting a cutting garden this year to have flowers in the house all summer.

No, I don't dislike flowers. The flower blooms and dies whether it's in my yard or in a vase. I love cut flowers in my home. More so, I love the sentiment behind whoever gave them to me (whether it's dandelions from a vacant field that my boys picked, a beautiful bouquet or exotic flowers, or anything in between).

I mostly love to cut flowers out of my own garden, but I'd never say no to a bouquet.

Why are they any more of a waste than any other consumable? If you don't enjoy them, that is one thing...but how is it any different than perfume, chocolates, lipstick, etc? If they bring you pleasure, then they are having desired effect.

If you feel cut flowers are a waste, then put them in your compost pile when you're through! I love cut flowers and the way they make the room smell. I think it's just human nature to surround yourself with pretty things. Sounds like maybe you received some for Mother's Day. Next year drop some hints about other things you'd rather receive.

No, it's not a waste. I grow some to cut, some to enjoy outside. But so many cut flowers come from huge fields that grew them to sell. They would be underappreciated in the field. These farms create jobs, employ people, and frankly, I love love love flowers. Unabashed love for them.

And I am so in love with flowers more of my garden space is devoted to having flowers seasonally than food. I'm that bad. My husband picked up a $7 bouquet from Trader Joe's this morning and my son (4) said "Mama, those flowers are so pretty"... it was a very nice moment when he carried them in!

Nope! I love arranging cut flowers, I love cutting them from my garden, and I love buying myself a bouquet at the grocery store. If I add greenery from my yard, I can get three or four lovely arrangements from one $12 dollar grocery store bouquet.

If I were still paying off my house or student loans, I might cringe at the cost, but I am debt-free, and the boost I get from having cut flowers in the house gives me a LOT of bang for my buck. :)

They're beautiful, they smell good and I can get them (sometimes) to last for more than a week! Less of a waste than that candy bar I just ate. I LOVE cut flowers on my table.

I can't wait for my lilac bushes to bloom so I can make my entire house smell good with the ones I bring in!

I love having fresh flowers in my house. Growing up, my grandpa grew roses. So every week or two we would go out and cut enough to have a vase of roses in each 'common' room of the house. It didn't seem like a waste, because they will wilt and die on the stem faster than they will cut! We cut it, and put my grandpa's 'secret solution' in the water, and they would last for up to two weeks. Especially if you cut a bud and let it bloom in the water.

Of course, I also like to dry/press my flowers, and make them into wreaths, bookmarks, etc. I have an awesome picture frame with pressed flowers from the bouquet my fiance gave me when he proposed. :) So whenever I get some, I display them for a while, then 'preserve' them... so they last me quite a while!

Hubby brings home flowers when the ones in the vase die. He goes to Walmart or CVS or wherever and brings them home, it's his way of saying "I love you."
I used to get annoyed with the expense. THen he deployed and I had no flowers and I missed them.

They make me smile and I know when there are fresh flowers in the vase he still loves me.

yup. Nearly killed my DH for spending 50 bucks on 2 dozen roses for valentines this year (I'm not a b!tch, we just have a very tight budget and didn't have 50 bucks to spend on something frivolous). I told him next time I'd much rather have a live plant in a pot. And as an added bonus, they almost never cost 50 bucks!

It depends upon the flowers...and upon the reason that I am getting them. If my husband brings me a simple little bouquet just to tell me he loves me...I am thrilled with it!!! Flowers on Mothers Day or my birthday...not so much...especially if it is a professionally done expensive display. I would much rather have a simple group of spring flowers in a plain little vase than a fancy bouguet of roses from the florist. I just see the dollar signs as the petals fade and drop off the flowers!!! lol.

They won't live forever on the plant, so why not? The price of some bouquets is outrageous though...

Yes! I very gently asked my husband not to buy me those anymore... I much prefer a potted plant.

I am a special events coordinator.

It is too darn hot and dry down here to have many garden type flowers, so yes, I love cut flowers. If cared for correctly and purchased fresh they can last even longer than garden flowers.. Many times up to 2 weeks depending on the variety..

It is very nice that your MIL gave you anything. My MIL has never given me anything for Mothers Day. Maybe you could take them to a nursing home for a mom that did not receive anything.

I think sending flowers is hideously expensive, and I don't do it unless absolutely necessary. However, if somebody chooses to give me flowers from the garden or even from the grocery store, am I going to say no? No way! I will love them (and photograph them) for the short time they grace my home.

Cut flowers simply don't last long, and that's the way it is. But I always remember a story that humorist Sam Levenson (1911-1980) wrote long ago. He grew up in a very poor neighborhood where luxuries were almost nonexistent. And one day his mother received a dozen roses in a box - he said he didn't know why. And the first thing she did was take a few of the roses and send her children to give them to the other neighbors in their tenement building - because such beautiful things were more beautiful when they were shared.

I love it when they come from someones garden and given to me. Not a huge commercial flower person. If they are given to me, I love them all the same, but yes they are a huge waste.

Im a odd one when it comes to flowers! I have never liked them. They remind me of funerals. No thank u!

I like them, but don't LOVE them... well unless they are the dandelions my children pick. In which care I love them.

No!

So you do not ever have a vase of flowers in your house?

I love flowers of all kinds, I love picking them and arranging them and looking at them and smelling them...

I love them but I hate getting them as gifts, especially from my husband. I don't mind getting flowers from my Mom or friends, but when my husband gets them for me I hate that he spent any of our money on flowers that will sit on the table for a few days and die. In the spring, I cut my irises and lilies and bring them in the house but that doesnt' cost me any money! I'm so with you, they are a waste!

I would much, MUCH rather have a live plant. Watching flowers die, kind of sad & wasteful of something so beautiful. (ok, I dont mind fresh tulips now and again, especially if they last).

I love flowers, in a garden or cut! :)

I LOVE flowers, but not the expense. I am happy with a cheapo mixed bouquet, and my SO knows my favorite is Daisies. I asked him NEVER to send me flowers at work again though, one year ( I was pregnant with my daughter who is now 10) he sent me flowers to La Petite, only you had to make a minimum order for a delivery...they sent so many daisies it looked like something that should have been on top of a coffin...so embarrassing!

I agree with you 100% & I'd probably be pissed if DH spent $50+ dollars on flowers. It just seems so impractical. Yes, flowers are nice & all, but it does seem like such a waste, especially when they are overpriced on holidays. Not to mention, everyone gives flowers, so it's not the most original or creative thing to do & it doesn't take much effort. Also, call me crazy, but I'd rather have either no gift, or a gift that didn't die in a few days. Nothing says love & appreciation like dead flowers ;-p

Yes, it always seems like a waste to me as well. I usually send a potted plant to my mother and grandmother for Easter. I would rather send them lilies in a pretty basket so they can re-use the basket and plant the flowers in their gardens.

When my mom retired I sent her a gift basket with wine and cheeses instead of flowers.

Absolutely! I love the look and smell. Hate watering and cleaning the vase and the continual dropping of leaves and needles to clean up until the flowers eventually die is awful.

Hate cut flowers. Don't like trimming them, arranging them, taking up counter/table space with them. I don't like the flowery smells, don't like having to take out the dead blooms and rearrange the still-alive ones, and I REALLY don't like cleaning out the disgusting vases after they're dead. But I love houseplants, especially large ones with interesting foliage.

It is a waste if purchased. Those things are LOADED with pesticides and stuff. YUCK! Not good for our beautiful planet. Since I was a kid, I've always preferred fresh picked flowers from my own garden or the wild. They just seem more thoughtful to me (: I'm also a big environmentalist, so that could be the main reason I feel this way...