Favourite cut flowers

Tulips, roses, hydrangea flowers, lilies, carnations.?

Which ever one is in flower!

If I really had to choose flame/orange coloured freesia (flower is a bit smaller) and has the strongest spiciest scent. Adorable!

Here's a token in the place of them !!

My favourites (I can't choose just one) are daffodils and tulips in spring, and a little later, lilacs and peonies.

I finally learned (learnt?) that crushing the stems on lilacs keeps them from drooping in the vase.

I sowed wildflower seeds in our garden and the primroses are really happy and have colonised. I pick them!
We have bluebells in May but I think ours are not the native ones as they come in pink and white as well as blue.

Peonies and damask roses

Daffodils

Daffodils
I never buy anything else, only have them if I am given some.

I used to love bunches of primroses and bluebells but we're not allowed to pick wildflowers any more.

Freesias, preferably the yellow ones because their scent is strongest. Or lillies. White, long stemmed ones.

I love to change with the seasons. Each week I pick from the garden whatever is in flower, to decorate the tables at our community cafe, in small vases. Of course the Summer collections are gorgeous but I get a real kick when I can make a show with nothing much. This week it was white heather, yew and thornless holly plus a shrub (I don't know the name but it seems to flower all year!)
The early snowdrops are a treat.
I like the different shades of green too.

I agree about freesias. I love their scent and my DH brought me a bunch when DS #1 was born in April.

I don't like the bunches of flowers you see in supermarkets. They are too industrial and there is no scent.

Used to love to buy ‘Sols’ in very early spring in London. Haven’t seen them separately for ages, I think they were soleil d’or narcissus.

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Depends on the season, but if I had to pick one it would be tulips with twigs and foliage from the garden.

But I had fun with ranulculas last time they were in season.

Daffodils. Love 'em
They signal the light after the dark winter days and that spring is on it's way.
I buy several bunches (British) as soon as they appear in the shops.

wild ones from our mountain meadows - or from our Curate's garden, many originating from the wild. Never been found of formal arrangements.

Freesias but can hardly ever find them in the shops anymore.