I,d like to know what everyones favoite flowers are to grow & whats the one you have done the best with I have lots of favorites foxglove ,daylily , croscromia ,dahila just to name a few I had foxglove that had 13ft spikes you could see the big pink flowers a mile away they were a real sight .

That's a loaded question. My favorite would probably be sunflowers but columbines catch my eye also. I've never had any trouble growing anything except for hybrid tea roses, Zone 4 here, kind of cold for them.

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I am a spring flower fan. Probably because of winter getting over? And those that smell yummy like hyacinths and lilacs are really big favorites of mine. I have had pretty good luck growing portulaca and iris too.

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My favorite flowers, hmmm thats a toughy. I do love petunias, just love they way they look and smell. Asiatic lily's are another one. I love to fill in the spaces with alyssium all colors.Purple cone flower, and my sage.
those are just a few, I plant everything I like and then I also plant what others like, that way I think of them all the time and when they come it gives them something to smile quietly about.

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My favourite flower has to be Azaleas, I have 3 in my back garden and 1 in the front. The one in the front I have had a couple of years and I thought it was dead, there was just nothing happening to it so I decided to pull it up. But I didn't which I am sooooo glad now, as it has beautiful Pink flowers on it.

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This is a really tough question. I love almost anything that grows. But the most impressive bloom to me is a lotus. I adore waterlilies, daylilies, hosta, sedums and on and on! I love everybodies choices too!
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Alert to Gardencrazy -- did you know that you can eat the daylily buds just before they open? I have a copy of "Stalking the Wild Asparagus" by Euell Gibbons in which he discusses it. My mom and I many years ago picked some from daylilies growing in MD and couldn't believe how tasty they were after sauteing them in butter. This is probably more than you ever wanted to know!! Jane

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What a cool bit of folk lore. Thank you for sharing that Katb.

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HI ALL i love all flowers it would be hard for me to pick just one.but if i had to it would be hibiscus plants because of the large varity.heres a link to two photos of my bearded irises that are blooming now.thr phoyos dont do them justis.hope you injoy.
http://www.msnusers.com/mike57flowers/shoebox.msnw?Page=1
your friend in gardening.mike57

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It,s very hard for me to pick only a few I love the ones that have a long bloom time or the ones that rebloom I love my fernleaf bleedinghearts I have red ,pink & white they start blooming very early spring & bloom until frost kills them in late fall their one o the longest blooming plants I know of & I love the folage the leaves are so delicate does anyone know of any long blooming plants I,d love to find more for my garden

I love the nonstop rose begonias they bloom a very long time also I always try & get some of every color its like eating chips its hard to stop at one when I see all the pretty colors I want more more more I have it bad

Hard to go past a poinciana (delonix regia)in full bloom for me.

Although a golden penda (xanthostemon chrysanthus) goes close. http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL30/jun0314b.html

For intrigue, a bat plant flower (tacca chantrieri) is unreal. have a gander at this one:
http://plants.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/6004/1?RA=tiscali

Oooo, I love Portulacas....my moms always grown them, and now I plant a lot of them too....can't beat the colors on them!

I'd have to say my favorite flower is probably the cosmos.....I love the feathery foliage, and their ability to adapt to bad conditions....I love the abundance of colorful flowers that they put off every year.....and I cut the heck out of them too for my vases....I guess they are a pretty simple flower compared to most, but that's one of the things I like best about them. Plus I love really tall flowers and last year mine were well over 5 foot tall.....

Sounds like everyone has a different favorite, I guess thats what makes so many gardens special. My favorite here is the cone flower, especially echinacea. They are favorites for the butterfles, come in so many colors, last a long time and soooo prolific.

I have had similar experiences at home depot with plants not for our zone too. Buyer be ware.

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Hi everyone, I am not on the board much. This is a great question.

I would have to say I like things that are not fussy and dependable and fragrant.

My first choice, is a daylily. Second would be the fragrant Hosta family. Then Lilies, Orientals, and LA's, Orientpets.

I like many flowers but if they are fussy and iffy lifespan I do not have the time to nurse them along.

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