Such a disappointment

Grandma dinosaur, I’m with you can’t stand chrysanthemums, I remember my mum getting several bouquets of them after my dad died and unfortunately that’s why I associate them with death won’t have them in my house. I know that it’s a ridiculous reason but 60 years later I still can’t abide them.

I once had a huge bunch of flowers from someone abroad, sent via Interflora, delivered from a local florist. I took them back to the shop the next day as they were almost dead. The florist actually said to me "I thought you wouldn't mind as they were from abroad". Not sure where the logic is in that statement as the flowers were only ordered abroad.
As for mother's day flowers, I went out to buy myself some the day before Mothering Sunday, to find that the price had gone up 400% since I was shopping a few days earlier. My vase remains empty.

M& S flowers for Mothers Day didn't last for 3 days. Very disappointing.

My Mothers' Day tulips lasted until this week, though a few are still blooming. I have a notion that they may have come from Aldi which I have always found a very satisfactory source of cut flowers.

Whilst understanding the need by florists to cash in on this date on the calendar, I do not want my adult children spending their hard earned money in that way.

After all, do not need one day in the calendar for them to think of me, surely Mothers Day should be every day!!!

So, always send a message to all AC and AGC well before that date, saying that whilst I would still appreciate a card, please do not send gifts of any sort to me.

GrandmaKT

I've just finished making the lovely Lego flower bouquet I was given for Mothers Day. I love doing Lego with the GC, so it was such a great surprise to get a kit of my own!

I bought my daughter, single parent to two, the same!

Just before Christmas two friends bought me a very pretty basket of houseplants from M&S. One by one, over the course of a couple of weeks, all the plants died. I wonder if they keep their plants and flowers too cold.

Roses never seem to last more than a few days, however expensive they are. Chrysanthemums seem to go on for ever.

GrandmaKT

I've just finished making the lovely Lego flower bouquet I was given for Mothers Day. I love doing Lego with the GC, so it was such a great surprise to get a kit of my own!

Brilliant ! What a lovely (and fun) bouquet. I love legos too. I'm jealous !

I love having flowers, but do prefer pot plants which will last months or years.

Many flowers you buy are imported from far away and have been stored and treated so that when you bring them out into a higher temperature they do not last long. Best buys are from locally grown cut flower businesses. We have several round here all owned by women. Their flowers have a much longer life span and are so beautiful. My tulips from one of the ladies have lasted really well. They sell them on our local market.

I do appreciate being thought of so kindly but we are very close so will ask for a more long lasting orchid next time for half the price. Interflora sent a beautiful fresh bunch but they were dead in three days.

I've just finished making the lovely Lego flower bouquet I was given for Mothers Day. I love doing Lego with the GC, so it was such a great surprise to get a kit of my own!

Let’s celebrate being thought of so kindly

I had some M&S flowers through the post and they are still going strong. However, the bouquet from Waitrose was padded out with so much foliage and a good third of the flowers have gone into the brown recycling bin this morning.
I doubt they were cheap. I don't want to hurt their feelings but neither do I like the idea of their money being wasted. Next year I might mention a book token for a change.

These are the flowers my son sent me via Teleflora. They came the day before Mother’s Day so that was 9 days ago and they are still giving me pleasure every time I look at them.

My daughter always gives me Alstromeria (not an easy name to remember!)
They last for ages.

These are the flowers my son sent me for Mother’s Day, still looking beautiful and smelling divine, even the roses. This is the second bouquet he has sent me from eflorist ( no I hadn’t heard of them before either) and each one has been a joy. When the flowers arrive they are mainly in bud and don’t look particularly special but they open out beautifully - and last for a good fortnight. I would heartily recommend.

‘If I ever get carnations with a leafy side-shoot on the stems I pluck these off and let them root before potting on.......got to love a freeby!‘ Astitchintime

So do I, I have a carnation plant from a Mother’s Day bouquet that’s at least 8 years old and it’s given many offshoots.

I like it when I get Alstromeria-they last for ages.
This year I received tulips from Booths supermarket. To my surprise, they lasted for ages.

I think if roses have lasted a week they’ve done quite well.
You can prolong the life of cut flowers by changing the water and snipping a bit of the ends of the stems.
I make my own flower food - a dash of bleach, a dash of lemon juice and a teaspoon of sugar into the vase helps preserve them too.

My M&S roses will probably go tomorrow - I received them on the Saturday so a week and 3 days.

I hate Chrysanthemums and carnations too. I would rather have flowers I love for a few days than the ones I don’t like but that go on forever.

I have some of those carnations Litterpicker

I had some lovely double daffodils from DD that she said were from M&S. I took out the faded ones yesterday and will probably add the remaining ones to the compost today but they have been a delight for a week. I hate chrysanthemum and carnations that won’t die but don’t look fully alive 🫤