Flowers...

[torquill]

Just for the record, since here it can't be interrupted by really unhappy tooth pain...

Flowers good. :)
Roses very nice, irises fine, carnations fine.
Sunflowers ok, but the darker the better.
Bachelor's Buttons -- fun, particularly in rich almost-purple.
Lilies and callas so-so, tigerlilies a bit better if they have patterns (they tend to be orange, though).
Freesias yummy (they smell like Froot Loops!)
Baby's Breath good, which is a good thing considering how ubiquitous it is.
Snapdragons good.
Tulips not good.
Daisies bad.

Deep colors or butter-yellows, no pink (ick). Favorite color in many flowers: deep velvety burgundy-red. Yum. Violet trimmed with cream is a close second. Favorite colors in roses: true red (preferably this side of black), deep yellow, Love (red trimmed with white)... hell, my favorite rose is actually what they call apricot (it looks orange to me), and I normally hate orange, so as long as it's not a pastel I'll take it. :)

No ruffled roses, though! David Austin will burn in hell for making roses that look like camellias. Camellias are nice and good and fine, but they are not roses. So there.

Edit: And just because I know you'll ask, love: that favorite rose is Whiskey Mac... it's a hybrid tea more commonly found in England, and it's the most stubborn, cussed, thorny piece of hell I've ever seen in a rose. It also has a divine fragrance, but due to the sheer spiny nastiness of the canes no flower-seller would ever carry it. (And yes, the attitude is half of what I like about it.) I'll show you my potted one if you like. :)


(edited 10-feb-2008)

Comments

[knaveofhearts.livejournal.com]

Might want to mark this post as a memory, in case your increase in popularity causes a resultant increase of those who need to know which flowers you like. Heh.

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

You're incorrigible. :)

It's a good thought, though. I think I will.

[kitabare.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm.... Freesia. That particular flower will always hold memories for me. For my senior prom I had my hair down in a french twist with a stem of freesia going down it. I didn't have to wear any perfume that night, the flowers took care of that for me. :)