“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous”
-Aristotle
I love being able to bring some of those marvelous things inside to enjoy.
Do you bring fresh flowers indoors to enjoy?
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Oh dear I do try to bring flowers inside but I always worry about not leaving anything flowering in the garden. At the moment things are only just coming out but maybe in a week or so I will get more adventorous.
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Like Helen, I worry about not leaving anything growing in the garden. I (finally) settled on some flowering plants for my front yard (lily varieties and some heather), but can’t bring myself to pick them.
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Oh yes. I’m not worried at all about my garden having flowers. It has enough. It can share with me. I like to keep the ox-eyed daisies picked off so they don’t spread, but I just can’t keep up with them. I’ve been giving them away to friends.
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Yes! I bring flowers inside. Yours are lovely.
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I do not because my husband is convinced they aggrevate his allergies. I say it is grass he is allergic to not flowers but he is unconvinced. So we eat outside on the patio and I put a big bunch in a vase on the patio table…marriage is all about compromise I suppose,!!! Kim
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Oh yes, Mr Chiots also is allergic, but since he takes medicine during his bad times that’s when I bring flowers in.
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We used to bring flowers inside once in a while, but preferred them outside since we dont use a lot of lighting indoors. Now that my mom passed recently, we bring our fresh cut flowers to the cemetery whenever we make it there.
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The mock orange is now in bloom, and I’ve been waiting all spring to prune them so I can bring them indoors.
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I was just thinking about this today. I take all of my houseplants outside in the summer and I bring all the outside blooms in!
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I love bringing flowers indoors – my favourites are Peonies, Tea Roses, Freesia and Gladioli. One day, I would like a whole cutting section of my garden.
Claire
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I love love love the middle arrangement!! BEAUTIFUL!!
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