There is nothing that brightens your day anymore than looking at freshly arranged flowers that were just picked that day.
You put them into a clear vase and set them on a table to enhance the beauty of your dining room.
The best thing about that is you were the one who grew the flowers yourself so the arrangement did not cost you a dime.
If you have never grown your own flowers but would like to get started doing so you may find that growing flowers is not only easy to do but it is relaxing and refreshing every time you see a bloom.
There are some flowers that may be hard to grow. That would include your seasonal flowers that only bloom during certain times of the year, like Christmas cactus.
You may wonder if you are doing everything you are suppose to do until you see it bloom. Gardening flowers can also be profitable.
If you grow flowers successfully you may be able to enter flower contests to win money and ribbons.
You may also be able to sale fresh arrangements at a flea market or your local flower shop. When you grow flowers you always have a gift to give someone who is lonely, depressed, just had a baby, someone who has been in a hospital or for someone’s birthday.
Flowers can say a lot and when you give flowers you can give the most valuable gift of time. Flowers are a wonderful way to uplifting spirits, including your own.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 am
We are renting a house that had these beautiful yellow flowers on it and I felt very sad when they died off. I wasn’t sure if I was watering them incorrectly or what but to my surprise they came back the following season. My gardner told me these are bulbs and that they grow seasonally. Man was I relieved to know that I wasn’t the one that killed them.
May 26th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I quite agree!!! Now all we need is some summer sunshine to get things blooming nicely.
Great site
June 13th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Oh, we just spent sooo much money on flowers for our backyard and deck to have in time for our daughtr’s first birthday! How wish I had been inprired long before to plant my own! lol.
The upside is it looked great for the party, and now for the summer, but I’d like to experience the satisfaction of growing my own — and saving a little $$ wouldn’t hurt
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 am
Flowers are said to be conducive to developing wisdom in eastern cultures. Monasteries always have fresh flowers on display.
June 24th, 2008 at 4:26 am
I agree, thats the reason why so many of us taking up gardening.. Its so relaxing!
June 25th, 2008 at 2:34 am
How about flowers in tropical climate? We got sunshine whole year but the flower seem just plain
June 27th, 2008 at 3:17 am
I love using periannuals! Just wish they would bloom longer!
November 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I love gardening. In my area now we have one flower called kurinji flower, it blossoms every 12 years only. Now we are seeing this in our area.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I’m renting an apartment right now so I can’t garden. I’m moving in a couple of months and I’m looking forward to growing my own flowers, as well as herbs and vegetables.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
my mother have a flower shop and i love to go there… it’s big shop and and decorated so it looks like a big field with flowers
December 4th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I would like to try to plant flowers but don’t know which kinds to put together?
December 10th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
If you goto the USDA dot org website they have a zone hardiness map that will indicate which flowers will grow in which zip codes and that’s very useful to know before selecting a flower to grow.
December 10th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Not a typical flower per-se, but the flowers on ornamental grass can be enjoyed right through winter. They look great in flower arrangements too.
Talk about super simple to maintain, once every few years you just dig out the center to stimulate new growth, that’s it!
One of my favorite flowers for sure!
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Flowers are said to be conducive to developing wisdom in eastern cultures. Monasteries always have fresh flowers on display.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Great insight, great eye opener, mother nature has given us such beautiful flowers, flowers are indeed instant refreshers and what better way than to grow them on your own and watch them bloom, just like our own kids. Beauty at its best is in all the flowers.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Flowers remind me of the nostalgic moments of romance. What is romance without flowers ? Flowers lift the drooping spirits and are a great de-stressers. Wow i love flowers, can we turn this globe into a flower kingdom ? Alas, i wish it were possible.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
My grandma that i visit in cebu phillipines has very beautiful gardens that grow year round. roses