Why should I go to all the trouble of growing flowers?

Answer 1

To feed your soul.

Answer 2

I grow both perennial gardens, herb gardens, and annuals.
The perennials come up every year without not too much extra care. The herbs both perennial and annual are great for gourmet cooking and drying for the winter season. The annuals are only seasonal,but are beautiful. All need some sort of boost--see that local garden center for soil,humus, etc. When I look out of the window each season I see a change in color,shape ,and beauty that will only happen that year. It gives me a good lift to start the day,especially when days do not go so well. Try potted plants in containers--I especially like hibiscus--buy those when you see them--they go fast. The next day they may no be there at the garden center.

Answer 3

Maybe, to prevent loss of other worldly possessions! Flowers keep proving they have more than aesthetic value. Since landscapers for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation began beautifying highway tourist information centers and rest areas with flower beds, frequent vandalism at the centers nearly has ceased. Though recently launched landscape projects were not intended to protect the sites, their surprise benefit stands to reason. Vandals tend to trash the cold, impersonal buildings.
If you prefer, you can start butterfly weed in the spring. Follow the same procedures as for fall sowing. Butterfly weed requires winter cold to bloom, so spring-sown plants will not bloom their first summer. However, the long summer days will allow the seedlings to grow into large plants which will produce many blooms the following year.

Answer 4

I often think the same thing since it can be time consuming weeding and digging and planting. . . .but last year I cheated and had my boyfriend dig up a small garden area for me and bought flowers that were already bloomed and planted those. . .it looked pretty and i felt good about it when I was done. . . .

I made sure I got perrenials so they would come up every year and when it's nice out I'll go out and weed them a little. I'm by no means an avid gardener but it's fun once in awhile when I don't know what to do with myself and just want to get some sun.

Answer 5

If you view it as a trouble, then don't bother. No reflection on you as a person for heaven's sake.

My mom gardened for many years because she felt she "had" to and didn't enjoy it. We convinced her to stop.

There are many other hobbies you can persue - if you want to.

I enjoy gardening a great deal, but am glad when the season ends. I have other things I like to do as well.

Answer 6

Flowers are beautiful. However, there are benefits, like taking out carbon-dioxide and putting in oxygen. Flowers also smell good.

Answer 7

They are criminally easy and you can have a whole bouquet every day all year (if yoiu grow all kinds) - the ENTIRE flower patch will cost as much as one or two bouquets!

Answer 8

Well, why do you need to grow flowers? If you don't want to, you don't need to. If you have a passion for it, then go for it.

Answer 9

They're pretty, attract birds and butterflies which are also pretty, and there are several very nice kinds that really aren't all that hard to grow, like marigolds.

Answer 10

personal pleasure and satisfaction, from a minuscule seed to a beautiful giant flower

Answer 11

Well, they're pretty. They encourage bees to pollenate, which produces honey.