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Do you like flowers in the house?

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Charleygirl5 Sun 26-Nov-23 16:00:03

I inwardly groan if I am given flowers. I think they are a waste of money especially when the central heating is on to kill them faster. I prefer a pot plant or fruit as I am not a fan of boxes of chocolates.

A misery guts I know but cheap to keep.

Grannybags Sun 26-Nov-23 16:00:02

Another one here who buys flowers every week along with my supermarket shop.

Also love receiving them as a birthday gift or thank you

They're not as fattening as chocolates!

Hetty58 Sun 26-Nov-23 15:55:43

I just can't have them - too much allergy risk - and don't really like them, anyway, can't enjoy just watching them die. Yes, I much prefer a plant that will live and grow.

On the rare occasions I've been given them, they go straight outside on the garden table, where they just look odd.

I'm fine with most dried flowers/grasses/seed pods, though, so that's what I have.

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 26-Nov-23 15:51:24

I love fresh flowers but only have them if someone buys them for me. A real treat. I don’t buy them for myself (don’t spend a lot on myself) and though I have lots of flowers in the garden (not many at present of course!) I don’t cut them - they last longer in the garden. I’m not very keen on pot plants and would prefer flowers to chocolates but am grateful for what I’m given!

Whitewavemark2 Sun 26-Nov-23 15:49:40

Cut flowers give me great happiness, particularly if they are in season.

The glove chest in the hall always has a big vase of flowers as well as smaller vases in the sitting and dining rooms. I pick stuff from the garden for the kitchen, - this time of year it is holly, Ivy and any flowers I can find.

I do also have pot plants knocking around in the conservatory and the bathroom. I bought a Christmas cactus for the bathroom but all the buds have dropped off☹️.

grandMattie Sun 26-Nov-23 15:46:54

I always have flowers in the house, pot plants (flowering or not) too. Although I like chocolates, I’m not that mad about them. Much prefer flowers.

Rosie51 Sun 26-Nov-23 15:45:10

Snap GrannyGravy13 I always have one vase in the kitchen, and another in the living room, with a second vase if last week's are still going strong which they often are.

Rosie51 Sun 26-Nov-23 15:42:37

I love fresh flowers, always have at least two vases full. I do have some pot plants too. Happy to be given the gift of flowers by anyone at any time, but equally happy to buy my own on a weekly basis.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 26-Nov-23 15:40:20

I buy flowers weekly, always have cut flowers in the sitting room and kitchen and sometimes the dining room.

polomint Sun 26-Nov-23 15:38:13

Do you like to be given flowers for the home as a birthday gift, anniversary etc or as a nice surprise? Would you buy yourself flowers? I ask because I would prefer a pot plant or chocolates