Person Wonders Why Nobody Asks Men What Their Favorite Flowers Are, So This Twitter User Did And Got 35 Colorful Answers
It’s no secret that a lot of women love flowers and they let their significant others know what flowers they love getting the most. But it’s not that common gifting flowers to men, so we don’t even know what flowers they like.
Twitter user BobaFettish realised that after finding a Tumblr post which told a story of asking a boy what his favorite flower was as an icebreaker. The author of the post thought they would be mocked for asking such a question, but were pleasantly surprised to see that the boy actually gave a serious answer.
So BobaFettish got curious too and asked men on Twitter to share what their favorite flowers are. She got over 6k responses and was glad she asked the question as in a follow-up tweet she wrote, “I gotta say, I think this is my favorite thread of all time. I love hearing everyone's stories and memories associated with flowers.”

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And now I will be searching where to buy this incredible flower for my garden.
I have these. Someone is using an intense filter on the picture and while they are lovely flowers, there is no aqua. They look more like the link:http://www.irismn.net/sib%20black%20joker.html
I have never in my 80 years seen this flower and I've been all over the world. It is beyond stunning ! Thank you !!
I have NEVER in my 80 years seen this flower ! Absolutely stunning ! Thank you !
I found once a place whith at least 50 spécimens of "iris graminea" which is not as amazing as this one but for me enough spectacular to find in my country side, unfortunately, i've never saw them blooming as much as their did the first time i met them, Bad conditions i think...
The thread really turned into a very wholesome space on the internet with men sharing all kinds of flowers they like and giving a reason why they like them or what memory they have attached to them.
You could also view this thread as an educational one because some men shared very exotic-looking flowers that you don’t see every day, showed pictures and wrote down the names, so you could look them up and maybe add them to your plant collection at your house.
I loved to see the lupins in Nova Scotia. Too hot in Florida for them to thrive.
Here we have a annual "kill a lupin" day 😆. They are highly invasive and kill all the tiny local plants.
Lupins are regarded as Weeds where we are, can't buy them and can't pick them.
My dad just passed away. We are planning his funeral and there will be sunflowers. They remind me of him because he was the sunshine on a gloomy day.
Yep, Sunflowers are my favourite too. My mother had a Cockatoo when I was a kid so I used to use his Sunflower seed food and plant them.
According to Petal Republic, 73 percent of Americans said that they have a big appreciation for flowers and 88 percent of people revealed that they feel happiness when they give flowers, but a little bit less, 80 percent of people, said that gifting them makes them feel the same way.
Rose is the most popular flower to buy because “It serves as a timeless symbol of love and romance throughout the year in addition to serving as a filler or compliment in mixed-stem arrangements for numerous gifting occasions.” However, men in the thread would disagree as they find many other flowers more beautiful.
My great grandmother wore it and so do I :)
Load More Replies...Poisonous as hell and they grow in May, so not at all the first flowers in the year. But soooo beautiful and lovely. Smell like soap-bubbles (or vice-verse)
Are you sure you don't mean Snowdrops? They are always the first ones blooming in spring (and look kinda similar)
I just created an account to answer - check "Muguet" on Internet, you'll see the difference with the snowdrops :) Muguet (french name) opens in late April/early May (which is later than Snowdrops, which open around February or so). In Belgium (France probably as well) we have the tradition to gift a bouquet of Muguet on each 1st of May :)
Load More Replies...Aussie here. When I visited Hawaii, they called them Plumeria. And I'm like, "no, they're not. They're Frangipanis!" Funny how different countries call them different things.
Load More Replies...Oh, those are real flowers? They are a common sugar flower decoration on birthday cakes, or at least were back in the 90s in Sweden. Never knew they were a real flower. Have to google the Swedish name now.
I've never seen this one either. This one does look like it's from another planet.
We used to grow them to cover up an ugly fence. Then snack on the fruit, those were the days...
Most often flowers and plants are purchased as a gift for someone, then 20 percent are purchased for weddings or funerals and the remaining 20 percent are purchased for offices and homes.
The biggest occasion for gifting flowers in the US is Valentine’s Day. In 2021, Americans spent $21.8 billion on flowers to give to their significant others in celebration of the day of love.
My granny used to put big rusting iron nails into the soil where the hydrangeas grew, she said it made them bluer. I have never seen hydrangeas as blue as the ones she grew.
Load More Replies...I met my husband and the daughter who was meant-to-be-mine when I was 29, he was 39. He only asked for two things regarding our marriage: that it happen before he turned 40 and to have hydrangeas! They were also a favorite flower of my mother as it happened. Needless to say we have an abundance of hydrangeas in our yard and they graced my mother's house while she fought cancer. Their change in color is spectacular over the season if you don't cut the bloom. I have two more children - sons, and I only hope they will carry the thoughtfulness regarding beauty and sentiment like their father. Men should indeed, be able to stop and smell the flowers.
I love these! I can never remember what theyre called so i call them Pom Poms 😅 the scenic village Portmerion in Wales has hundreds
My father HATED blue hydrangeas because his trashy next door neighbors growing up had them and he always said they looked dirty and trashy. This wouldn't have been an issue but he did lawn service and mowing. More than one customer's hydrangea died at the hand of the Mad Mower. As far as I know no one ever complained.
He'd have been either murdered or sacked here. Depending if he first encountered my mom or my father....
Load More Replies...My mom has a hibiscus bush that grows flowers the size of my head (well, almost) and she claims is decades old.
Oh ya! I have a huge hibiscus in my back yard. It almost looks like a tree!
One of my faves! My brother "inherited" the bleeding hearts from my dad's garden (both pink and white). I'm trying to convince him to let me split the plants, which is how you propagate them.
In France we call it "Marie's Heart", my daughter's name is Marie, so we planted the 2 varieties in my parents garden for one of her birthday ( april), and there propagated easily and quickly by seeds after that, maybe you should try to pick somes and put it in your garden !
Load More Replies...I used to peel off the pink part and the "skeleton" underneath looks like a StarTrek spaceship
We had some out back but one neighbor kept running over the bushes and another visiting brat would pull the flowers off.
Floristry and floriculture is so huge because of one simple reason: flowers make us happy. According to an article posted on Lady Wimbledon by Flora Firth, it is because flowers give you “a connection to nature, to something beyond your normal, fast-paced environment. Colours also make you happier through chromotherapy, which uses colour to balance 'energy' lacking from a person's body, whether it be physical, emotional, spiritual, or mental levels.”
The author of the article also connects this pleasant feeling in our hearts when we see flowers with the reality of our ancestors: “flowers triggered dopamine for our hunter-gatherer ancestors because they marked the coming of abundance after a hungry winter. Now, the blossoming of a flower triggers the sense that something special is coming.”
Dad insisted these smelled like dead people, because I guess lilac was the go to perfume for funeral homes in the 60s and 70s. He mowed off every one we planted.
Stubborn man hahaha. I guess your mum now has one in the garden?
Load More Replies...In high school, a girl brought me a lilac to wear during exam week. I never asked her out. I was too shy. I still regret that.
Ah the smell SWEET! Bought one just couple weeks ago and for 2 weeks coming home was heavenly.
Actually, more and more people are getting into growing plants. It was really evident when the pandemic started and people were bound to their homes, so they needed new hobbies and wanted to liven up their surroundings.
Another reason why plant enthusiast circles have grown could be because the sense of achievement when you see a plant grow and flourish is addictive. It also gives a sense of being needed and satisfies the nurturing instinct which is usually fulfilled by having children or pets, but in this economy, plants seem like the most reasonable investment.
I LOVE THE COLOR, THE CRAYOLA COLOR, THE TREES, THE VINES, THEY ARE EPIC AND EVERYONE DESERVES TO SEE ONE ONCE IN THEIR LIFE UP CLOSE.
My Pops built a trellis & trained his wisteria on it; they're just beautiful come early Spring!
Eh... they're so beautiful and smell great, but their sap has ruined many a shirt because you don't notice you got on you before it dries and then leaves those ugly brown stains which cannot be removed (not with the stuff we have, at least. And we tried pretty much everything so far - any suggestions?) AND: they get really strong and can ruin roofs and need to be trimmed a lot. But they are truly pretty
I have a beautiful face mask with an embroidered thistle. They are, after all, the national flower of Scotland!
🤔They are kind of like artichokes. In both the purple part is very soft.
The other way around - Artichokes are a kind of thistle :-)
Load More Replies...I do! And every one of the other farm kids do who walk through fields of them every day on the way to call in the cows for milking.
I love thistles, think it's a requirement of being Scottish. They grow at my mums front door
Flowers make people happy regardless of their gender and it’s useful to know their preferences so you can gift them a bouquet that would bring them the most joy. Do you know what flowers men in your life like the most? Did you see your favorite flowers in this list? Let’s share the love for flowers together and show us your favorites in the comments!
We have them growing along the sidewalk where I live, they grow so high!
These on the picture are a bit too stuffed for my taste. Nothing for insects to eat, btu the original ones are sooo pretty and come in so many great colours and easy to grow.
I think we had some of these growing in our schoolyard. I always loved them.
Real easy to propagate from a leaf,pinch a stem out from the base of the donor plant, dip the end in hormone rooting powder,although I have grown them without doing this, plant in moist compost at the edge of the pot, take a clear plastic bag and make a tent over the cuttings, secure with an elastic band, instant mini greenhouse,keep moist until they strike, you'll know when they've taken because there will be resistance when you gently tugged at them.
I just stick a leaf in soil and water it every now and then.
Load More Replies...Velvet. My Grandmother grew them. It was the ONLY plant she could keep alive.
Load More Replies...Would you please tell me what it is? Is it a photoshop or something?
Load More Replies...Looks very much like a photo of a dahlia that someone worked over with a "swirl" tool
Load More Replies...Oh God. On my birthday my husband would give me red roses plus one white for good luck the coming year.
Mixing red and white flowers together gives your bouquet a lovely new meaning. The combination of red and white roses symbolizes unity, which makes it a popular choice for weddings and celebrations of partnership.
Load More Replies...White roses are indeed beautiful but this is a picture of a camilia, which is also gorgeous.
This is a photo of a white Camellia, both roses and camellia flowers are gorgeous.
I'm not into flowers in real life, but my favourite ones to draw/paint/photograph are roses. I think because I have two paintings, one by my grandmother and one by my great-grandmother, of roses that I aspire to do as well.
The white roses hands down are my most favorite of all the rose colors.
One of my favorite poems, by John Boyle O'Reilly The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove. But I send you a cream-white rosebud With a flush on its petal tips; For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.
I love tulips, but they don't love Florida heat. I helped a student from Georgia transfer more credits than usual, and tulips were on the cover of his college catalog. The next day he brought me a beautiful arrangement.
I live in Florida- do they, by any chance, grow in the winter? 'Cause I'd really like to get some.
Load More Replies...When I was a child I planted a tulip bulb in the middle of our lawn. My parents didn't appreciate the disorder one flower in the middle of the lawn caused. For a number of years my mom would think she had gotten it out and then next year it returned. I still love tulips.
I love all the colors and they signify spring for me, along with daffodils
Visit Skagit Valley from late Feb to end of April. Fields of color as the mountain watches over them.
Everyone knows about lavender irises, but they come in a huge variety of colors, every color you can imagine. Even pale green. The most beautiful pinks. Deep purple as you see here. And so many more.
Funny thing about the Lantana Confetti - it's considered a weed in Australia. Grows EVERYWHERE. Invasive species.
Same in the north of Sardinia region, not sure about the south as I only vacation in the north. Still beautiful
Load More Replies...Even though I have helped pull out many a lantana, their flowers are indeed beautiful. Not beautiful enough to grow in Australia
when i was living in Italy, on base, there were bushes all along the sidewalks
don't even need to do that, just brush along the leaves gently.
Load More Replies...I love these! And I love how they close for nighttime and open in the day.
I love those too! Planted them. Waited patiently. Fertilizer, water. Good soil. The plant grew. No flowers. More fertilizer. More leaves, no flowers. Grew more. More fertilizer. Same. In the end the plant was everywhere. Still no flowers. Later, I learned that if you give them too much fertilizer they’ll grow and produce many leaves - but no flowers. This year I’ll not make that mistake again.
These are super invasive where I live but I have always loved them
Their seeds have a strong psychoactive chemical, similar to LSD. The ones growing in gardens are generally sterile, so no seeds.
Where I live, the morning glory is a weed, but the cultivated variety is better appreciated!
Nigh blooming possibly, but definitely not jasmine
Load More Replies...When I was a kid, my family house-sat once. My bed faced an open window, and I’d fall asleep to the scent of night blooming jasmine. It’s such a beautiful scent.
This is Queen of the Night. One of my clients shared a plant with me. It blooms at night and has a mezmerizing smell. Night blooming jasmine is nice too.
Easy to grow. Put a leaf into a pot and remember to water it to keep the soil damp. They like to be root bound so always keep the plant in pots. Just use bigger pots as the plant grows.
We used to have loads grow in the garden where I grew up. My cousins and I used to do the same when we were kids!
They used to be all over the place when I was a kid. I can't remember the last time I saw one.☹
They're so...plump. All the way down their stems.
Load More Replies...These used to grow wild all around my grandma's yard. I called them fairy flowers when I was little, and she'd let me pick as many as I liked.
Me too, Tamra! I came here to mention that, and saw your comment. They were so little, just like fairy flowers, and their scent was glorious.
Load More Replies...My son called them blueberry flowers, he likes collecting them and like me as a kid, making potions
Hyacinth is my favorite flower. When I go the supermarket I always stop by the florist section and make sure I get a few moments smelling them. They need to last longer and bloom all summer
A friend of mine threw some out (over the fence into the wilderness) over a year ago after thinking they were all dead. We came across them 2 weeks ago growing like crazy.
Another flower that is native to the Middle East. In Israel, they flower in early winter, as the first rains fall. Another fun fact - their Latin genus name is Narcissus, because Narcissus supposedly turned into one as he sat by the pond, wasting away for love of his own reflection. The native species often grow by water, and face slightly down, as though they were staring at their own reflection in the water.
Daffy-o-dulls (not calling them dull, it's just something we call them)They grow wild all over here and I love seeing them randomly around
Daffodils are my favorite currently. If anyone's ever seen the movie or musical "Big Fish" that's why. The musical is way better IMO but the movie is worth watching. We put on the musical at my school and it was amazing, also my first show at my high school.
Even the teeny tiny little bee on the bottom right is impressed. Probably wonders where's the entrance :-D
"The kangaroo paw gets its name from its flowers, which are often red in colour, feel furry, and are shaped just like a kangaroo's paw. The nectar in the long and tubular flowers are an important high-energy food source for many birds, mammals and insects." They could also relate to the claws on a kangaroo's paw, which are massive. by the way.
Load More Replies...Yep, and we literally sell them and send them overseas. I knew someone who sold them.
They really do, it's nasty. In the park at my neighborhood, there was a huge one, and it smelled horrible when it would wilt. It made going outside very unpleasant lol
Load More Replies...My neighbors grew this in the garden when I was a kid and thought it was just clover. Didn't learn the name until I was an adult, but dang they taste good!
Love these. When I was growing up we all chewed on the sour tasting stems of sal grass flowers. Only about 30 years later did I learn they were Oxalis!
No. Honeysuckle are twining plant with a longer flower and a sweet smell.
Load More Replies...It’s not a phase Mother Nature! It’s who I am.
Load More Replies...I have them, the scent is stunning. I sometimes cut one to take into work, everyone sniffs once, then finds an excuse to return...
Load More Replies...Looks like Black Baccara. One of the more difficult ones to grow as it is considered a florist rose.
Really? Mines still going strong after not taking care of it for 5+ yrs. Was new to roses, put it in a pot and only gave it water. Poor thing was so root bound. Put it in the ground, started feeding it and viola! It always bloomed though.
Load More Replies...This is so beautiful. At The Empress Hotel in Victoria British Columbia they have a huge rose garden with so many varieties of roses. Some are very unusual. They all have a name plate at each rose bush to tell you what the name is.
I love the Black Rose. My neighbour was very upset when my 8 y/o son picked her Black Rose off her bush to bring it home to me.
Oh, f**k yes. As a guy who likes flowers way too much, black and white roses just tug at my heartstrings
I love these so much because they remind me of my grandmother. She had them everywhere. And they are beautiful.
I grew up in the UK, where Daffodils' we growing wild in the field. It was a sea of yellow when they were in bloom and I loved it. We don't see many growing here in Western Australia, the climate is too dry,
The daffs are all dying now the weather has turned. They are such vibrant yellow flowers that burst in to bloom at the first sign of spring. They really come in to bloom during the first warmish days of spring and then literally shrivel up and die in a day or two as soon as the weather turns. Someone has planted some Narcissus plants which look the same as a daffodil, same height, same size and bloom at the same time but have yellow leaves and an orange flower instead. They seem a little bit more hardy than daffs.
I love black flowers! i have a little goth garden with black pansies, violas, black parrot tulips, helebores and other ‘goth’ flowers, theres a lot of dark coloured ones! im used to being called a ‘pansy’ but there actually my favourite so whatever 😂
aaaaaa that sounds so pretty!!! Can you show a photo?????
Load More Replies...My husbands is gardenia. Right now I'm sitting in the living room w 5 huge gardenia plants around me. I wish I could take a picture everyone would laugh. It's like a jungle and I love it. They're all bloomed and it smells beautiful. Some big hyacinth trees behind me. He plants them outside in the summer. Digs them up in the fall and brings them inside. He does the same w our huge banana lemon and lime trees too. Those are in the basement in the artificial plant light until it's warm enough outside. He plants all these around the koi pond he built. We own a swimming pool company and this is his hobby since he has access to all the materials and the experience to build things like this. When the koi pond is in full bloom I'm submitting a post. It's like a little rainforest in the summer. He's also building a bamboo covered deck right now so we can grow stem vegetables like string beans cucumber
upvote not for the flowers, but for the joy everyone had when sharing their favourites <3
No love for dandelions? I love seeing them in my "lawn," which isn't really a lawn at all, but clover, moss, and wildflowers. I highly recommend switching from grass, which is a useless plant that is lousy for beneficial insects and the soil.
I loved the ones that included a story about why they liked them. Nostalgia and sentimentality are powerful.
my fave flowers are lavender, wisteria, and hydrangeas!
These are wonderful choices. All are so beautiful and smell so good. Summer winds
Load More Replies...I love black flowers! i have a little goth garden with black pansies, violas, black parrot tulips, helebores and other ‘goth’ flowers, theres a lot of dark coloured ones! im used to being called a ‘pansy’ but there actually my favourite so whatever 😂
aaaaaa that sounds so pretty!!! Can you show a photo?????
Load More Replies...My husbands is gardenia. Right now I'm sitting in the living room w 5 huge gardenia plants around me. I wish I could take a picture everyone would laugh. It's like a jungle and I love it. They're all bloomed and it smells beautiful. Some big hyacinth trees behind me. He plants them outside in the summer. Digs them up in the fall and brings them inside. He does the same w our huge banana lemon and lime trees too. Those are in the basement in the artificial plant light until it's warm enough outside. He plants all these around the koi pond he built. We own a swimming pool company and this is his hobby since he has access to all the materials and the experience to build things like this. When the koi pond is in full bloom I'm submitting a post. It's like a little rainforest in the summer. He's also building a bamboo covered deck right now so we can grow stem vegetables like string beans cucumber
upvote not for the flowers, but for the joy everyone had when sharing their favourites <3
No love for dandelions? I love seeing them in my "lawn," which isn't really a lawn at all, but clover, moss, and wildflowers. I highly recommend switching from grass, which is a useless plant that is lousy for beneficial insects and the soil.
I loved the ones that included a story about why they liked them. Nostalgia and sentimentality are powerful.
my fave flowers are lavender, wisteria, and hydrangeas!
These are wonderful choices. All are so beautiful and smell so good. Summer winds
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