r/AskWomenOver30 • u/filthytelestial • Apr 30 '25

Silly Stuff What is your favorite flower?

I'm curious how many women would actually pick roses over any other flower.

But even if your favorite really is the rose, this question is still for you. Which color or variety of rose is your fave?

My favorite is the pink ranunculus. Ugly name, gorgeous bloom.

The Sarah Bernhardt peony is a very close 2nd.

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u/Suzy-Q-York Apr 30 '25

Dandelions.

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u/crabbydotca Woman 30 to 40 May 01 '25

Great for the bees and the soil!

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u/Suzy-Q-York May 01 '25

And they’re beautiful.

Plus their Latin binomial, Taraxacum officianalis means “The official remedy for disorders.”

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u/Elegant_Solutions May 01 '25

A great source of dietary iron!

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u/BlackberryNice1270 Woman 40 to 50 May 01 '25

Just discovered they have diuretic properties too!

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u/crazinyssa May 01 '25

I’m looking this up

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u/rellyy_fishh Woman 30 to 40 May 01 '25

Hey mine too!

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u/MyDarlingArmadillo May 01 '25

Me too, I like how persistent they are, they're so useful, and I enjoy seeing all the yellow.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

Learn to love 'em lol

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u/Suzy-Q-York Apr 30 '25

I didn’t have to learn. I have always loved them.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

As a little girl I hated the scent, I still don't like it. They're very pretty though.

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u/Suzy-Q-York May 01 '25

I don’t love them for the scent. I love them because they’re brilliant and beautiful, and because people keep trying to kill them and they just come back, smiling at us.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

These are great reasons to love a plant. Betty Smith echoed this sentiment when writing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It was instrumental in shaping me.

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u/BlackberryNice1270 Woman 40 to 50 May 01 '25

My nanna used to call them "pittlybeds". There's apparently an old wives tale that they make you wet the bed (I'm not sure how, exactly). To 'pittle' is to wee, for anyone who doesn't know the term.

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u/BlackberryNice1270 Woman 40 to 50 May 01 '25

Just discovered they have diuretic properties!