Flowers
 

I'm buying flowers for someone with slightly peculiar taste. This particular person likes heather and buttercups. The flower shops around here don't really do arrangements of either. Also, I'd rather get living plants if that's not a no-no.

Any suggestions on where I could find what I'm looking for?

Flowershop?
Call me crazy!

Ladies, don't tell men that flowers are too expensive if you want them... I know this sounds simple but it happens. Not just in the movies, happened to me recently.
In fact, never say one thing and want another, EVER!
We will actually think you mean what you say, every time & still care about you, nutty as it seems.
"Your friends? Sure, go out, it will be good for you, it has been ages!", when you get home, "why did you go out with your friends? You should have known I did not really want you to go out." *a bird flys out of her ear*
Only a truly INANE person says something like this... NEVER do it... seek help immediately if you have the impulse.

Tell me about it. Girls are the most confusing part of this whole "life" thingy.

Anyway, I don't know anything about locating flower shops pertaining to the specific flowers you want, but I can suggest nice flowers, I guess; white roses. I dunno, I personally think they work well. White as in pure, rose as in love.

Awwwwwww :blush: She'll get the metaphor, girly instincts ya know. Then you're in like flint, wink wink nudge nudge say no more say no more.

No reference to the dwellar flint, reference to the Bond movie.

Usually you find white roses on funeral caskets. Better be careful which message she gets. ;)

Sunflowers are fun.

Did we decide its "In like flynn"?

I think it's flynn...but who am I to argue?

In like flynn....

Oooooooooooh. Maybe.

But the Bond movie is In Like Flint. Heh.

Pick some dandelions and act like a little kid giving them to his or her mom.

It's a hit or miss thing.....

I think a living plant is and excellent idea if they have somewhere to put it. Try a garden center to get a heather, although I'm not sure it's the right "season" at the moment. Most centers sell small potted flowering perennials, many of which are reminiscent to buttercups. You could then buy a nice pot to match their tastes.

Some yellow poppies are reminiscent of buttercups, but they are big, so maybe back to the florist/flower shop for those. In my experience over here, the more unusual flowers from the florist don't seem to last as long once you get them home.

Otherwise, MASHfreak's suggestion of picking something yourself is cool -but then put them in a nice vase that reflects their taste.

Sorry, fresh, but I think white roses just don't fit the requirements outlined. None of the bog-standard formal stuff does. And mush can frighten off as many girls as it attracts. We're not all as dumb as you seem to think. And I didn't see grant mentioning it was a girl...... ;)

Grant,

If she like particular flowers, is it possible that you could find a wholesaler and order some? There are some great places on line where you can order flowers of a particular type that you can't usually find at the run of the mill florists - especially if they're out of season. (And I"m not sure what season butter cups are). That way, you could get what she likes, and make your own arrangement. That would be a great statement to make.

Swing by my place for the buttercups and by limey's for the heather. Problem solved... sort of...

Call me crazy, but in the last two years or so our Home Depot has really upped the quality of their garden department. They now have a wider and more interesting variety of potted plants than even the huge nursery in town that everyone recommends. They don't do arrangements, obviously, but I think a live plant is a better idea anyway.

I think that's possibly the cutest thing I've heard fresh say :P

Monster I was only responding to like what rk had said before, assuming it was a girl.

I don't know what kind of flowers guys like.

Did you miss the ;)? I put it there 'specially 'cause I know you have difficulty with the joking thing. But whatever the sex of the person in question, grant already said they liked buttercups and heather. However, I'm sure white roses would be perfect for girls who like mush and don't mind the funerial. Just don't pick the "In Loving Memory" card. It doesn't mean you're thinking fondly of them when you're apart in the way you might want it to.



(oh, and ;) again)

That's whose aisles I was mentally browsing while thinking about heathers and small perennials. They do sometimes do planted arrangements too, but doing your own is always better if you have the inclination.

Yes, the person in question is a girl. Or the girl, rather. I'm putting way too much thought into what to get, so I'm just going to take care of it tomorrow while I'm killing time waiting for her to get done with her observation stuff.

I might end up with something cheesy like roses, or the same gerbera daisies I gave her last time. She liked those.

Thanks for the offer. That's quite a bit of traveling, and while she's worth that kind of effort, I don't think I can quite get that done by tomorrow... We first went out two months ago tomorrow, and she insisted she see me then. I take that as a hint that flowers would be appropriate. That, or she's going to dump me. Who knows. We'll see... :rolleyes:

Without hijacking the thread, In like Flint was not a Bond movie.

Hey, hijack away.

Gosh. Mah bad.

No kidding, I just watched one of those Flint movies last night.

And, yes, people do actually think that "in like Flint" is an expression.

Well, technically it is now.

Don't get me started - I'll go back to arguing the proper meaning of carrot & stick and that would be a real hijack in a thread about wildflowers.

Grant, you're making yourself nuts to do something that won't earn you many more brownie points than other flowers, you know.

not true. In these days of Hallmark et al doing the thinking for you, a little personal touch is worth so much more than any bog-standard bunch or bouquet. Especially when the recipient has a little oomph about them. Giving a pre-pack of flowers says "I know I'm supposed to do this so here you are, will you fuck me now?"

You don't have to pick an arrangement out of a catalog, I go to my florist and let him be creative. But insisting of flora that's not available doesn't get the job done. If the job doesn't get done, no points.

Bruce, monster, you're both right.

I don't have the time and resources to track down the ideal this time around.

She's got 3 hours of work this afternoon. While she's doing this I'm supposedly going to be killing time in Barnes and Noble or the Harbor mall. Instead I'm going to walk to a flower store, tell them what I'd like and then tell them to go nuts.

I'm sure she'll be thrilled whatever I get her. Especially since I don't think she's really expecting anything.

The best "flowers" I've received are orchids. I have a passion for them. They are unusual, beautiful, have an extremely wide variety of shapes and colors, and the blooms last for weeks, even months, at a time. While you can find cut orchids at a florist, the blooms will not last as long. The orchids at the box stores are alright, but usually not the healthiest. A nursery, especially one that specializes in orchids, is the best place to find them.

Excellent decision. I can see my post last night was a tad forthright, sorry about that.

Nuts would be an excellent addition to the bouquet, by the way. Different, amusing, yummy. It should patent it -the "I'm nuts about you" bouquet. D'you think the production-line-bouquet-makers would go for it?

btw, mostly I'm just glad to see you so happy, and I bet she's the biz :)

Or you could always take her a cup of butter.....

Here's an orchid for you. It's in my Dad's kitchen. It smells beautiful.

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I'm with Monster here - the most beautiful bouquet I ever received was from a manager I helped in a business sense. Huge dark red antique tea roses. With the smell of every romantic night in June. I got them on Valentines Day, but of course they meant nothing (apart from the flowers themselves) but I got envious glances on the Tube from women whose genuinely caring men had simply ordered bog-standard closed scentless buds.

The best flowers I ever got? A bog standard bouquet of closed scentless buds from a man who disagreed with sending flowers on principle but needed a big gesture. He chose badly, but hey - he had no practice. In fact he was a shit, but it was a symbol and that meant everything.

Death with leaves?!
Orchids look so dirty. I love them.
I rest my case.

wOOw! Beauty!

*dislikes orchids*

Gobsmacked! Unable to comprehend disliking any flower.... does not compute.

We are so fortunate to have a massive amount of floral bliss covering ours and our neighbor's yards. Roses. All Colorado wild roses that grow like mad and have been blooming for 2 weeks, now. Only problem is, the bees like them more than we do, and terrify my little step-son. :(

If anyone feels like sending me flowers, I like hibiscus. :D

Surely, Grant, one of the internet florists carries more unusual types of flowers. ?? (Perhaps that has been suggested and I haven't noticed.)

edit: Oh yeah, and why did you change your name?

I think flowers of any sort are a pretty no-fail gift. I prefer flowers that smell nice, though, and hothouse floral arrangements tend not to.

No one sends me any. :(

Erm.
Errrrrrrrm.

Did I miss a name change thread?
Or have I confused two different threads?

Grant/ Perry Winkle, Perry Winkle/ Grant?

oh, yeah, good catch. How many guys have good attitudes toward menstruation? Can't be that many . . .

Of course, I'm seeing "perry winkie" -- and I think "petite/little winkie" -- so maybe the name needs a bit more thought. :)

Shhhhhh :)

I ended up getting flowers at Safeway. Blech. All the flower shops I went to were closed or out of business.

I'll plan ahead better next time.