Don’t be a rose,
be a carnation.
Roses have thorns and
are wilting within a day.
Carnations have character
and they stick around for weeks.
There’s no pomp about carnations
they’re happily frilly and fun.
Rose are high maintenance
and will make you bleed.
Shawn L. Bird 
My beloved preferred carnations.
Smart beloved.
Have to disagree with you on that ! Roses last in the right conditions and well cared for and you can avoid the thorns. They are exquisitely beautiful 🙂
Not in vases they don’t. No matter what you do, you’re not getting longer than a week.
Two carnations from my last bouquet are coming onto their 4th week! (They were the only carnations in the bouquet. They outlasted lilies, freesia, mums.
Choosing to not give facts so much, will give everything to ‘lasting’ that you say so metaphorically 🙃
Of course.
That’s the point. 🙂
Lol. I am generally not a flower person, but a carnation it is.
🙂
Garden pinks or carnations are the best, smell heavenly, especially old fashioned garden pinks (dianthus?) Love them, cinnamon and vanilla, every time – not yellow ones for some reason –
🙂
I love a large clump of dianthus. Our neighbour had some bordering our lot. Sadly the new owners managed to kill them. (Though they are very good a growing hay in the lawn). 😉
Powerful punch at the end, Shawn! I too prefer carnations.
Thanks, Lori.
You are welcome, Shawn 🙂
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The joy and beauty of flowers in a nutshell 🙂