# What's you favorite flower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546 "2005-12-01T13:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/21 "2005-12-01T15:37:56Z")
Peonies (I have soft pink and maroon in front of my house - love the smell), real roses (preferrably [English cabbage like ones](http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10151&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=45712&PrevMainPage=advsearchresults&scChannel=Roses%20AS&SearchText=p16.v225;p10.v50&OfferCode=S3H) ) and [hollyhocks](http://www.gardenguides.com/flowers/perennials/hollyhocks.htm) (they remind me of my greatgrandmothers farm) ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/22 "2005-12-01T16:26:36Z")
Bluebells. Fields of bluebells. I have a picture of myself sitting in the middle of a field of bluebells in Scotland. I wanted them in my wedding bouquet, but spring doesn’t quite make it to the Highlands by April. They also grow here in Maryland; one of these days I’ll sort my garden out and plant some. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/23 "2005-12-01T16:31:44Z")
Honeysuckle. Gods, how I love the smell of honeysuckle. Peonies are a close second, and I also love lilacs. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/24 "2005-12-01T17:01:37Z")
I have trouble choosing between irises and calla lillies. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/25 "2005-12-01T17:15:19Z")
Peonies. Lilies-of-the-valley. Violets. If a man ever sent me a nosegay of LotV & violets…well. 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/26 "2005-12-01T18:04:19Z")
[Jacob’s Ladder](http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/grk_valerian.htm) [Peace roses](http://www.justourpictures.com/roses/peace1.html) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/27 "2005-12-01T18:06:06Z")
_Cannibis Sativa_😃 Actually, not a particular flower, but I love patches of a variety of wildflowers. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/28 "2005-12-01T19:03:51Z")
[Gardenias](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/165/1445/320/gardenias.jpg) - they are very pretty and they smell just wonderful. Stargazer lilies are a very close second, and roses would be third. ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/29 "2005-12-01T19:19:01Z")
Tiger lily 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/30 "2005-12-01T20:17:23Z")
Visually, I’m very fond of coreopsis (tickseed.) You get lots of bright yellow flowers all summer long, unless the mildew gets 'em. For aroma, I’d go with peony (my state flower, I think) or lilac. Because we can’t encourage lawbreaking here, there’s another flower I can’t mention. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/31 "2005-12-01T20:49:40Z")
[Here’s](http://home.earthlink.net/~larksparrow1/butterfly/butterflies/count04/passionvine-count04.jpg) what grows prolifically on my side fence… passionvine flowers. Truly amazing. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/32 "2005-12-01T20:57:31Z")
Wisteria ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/33 "2005-12-01T21:08:27Z")
Orchids. Any shape, size, or color (exept brown of course!). They are so serene and gorgeous! A close second is the Stargazer Lily. They make me think of an explosion of color! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/34 "2005-12-01T21:56:47Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I know I’m probably the Lone Ranger here, but the smell of roses is almost nauseating to me. I like looking at them, but I prefer that they be un-smelly. Hell no you aren’t. I think roses are beautiful, but I specifically chose roses without much scent at all for my wedding bouquet. I didn’t think it’d be a good thing to have a sickie bride. My favourite flower scent is lilac. To look at, probably iris or alstromeria. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/35 "2005-12-01T22:21:48Z")
I’m fond of carnations, honeysuckle, and roses. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/36 "2005-12-01T22:42:20Z")
Calla lilies, peonies and hydrangeas. StG ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/37 "2005-12-01T23:29:12Z")
I love tulips. I used to lover Gerber Daisies. Then I found this love note from another girl that my (now) ex-bf sent him. Thanking him for all the Gerbers he ever sent her. WTF? He sent me flowers once on Valentines Day and they were faded purple CARNATIONS. (Funeral Flowers-per Charlotte Sex & The City) ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/38 "2005-12-01T23:56:14Z")
Poppies, hands down. I like the possible opium connection. My mom grows awesome huge orange poppies. We jokingly swear every year we’re gonna slit the pods and get opium resin, but I honestly don’t think that’s possible with the ones you can grow at home. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/39 "2005-12-02T00:06:36Z")
Lilacs, lilacs, and more lilacs! I’m also very partial to mums (chrysanthemums? can never spell it), I love the way they smell. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546/40 "2005-12-02T04:05:20Z")
> [@August West](#): > > Daffodils. > > I love them because they are beautiful, and because they mean it’s spring! Me too, for just those reasons. They also smell great and those little six stem bunches at Trader Joe’s are pretty cheap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favorite-flower/333546.md?page=3)