Love in Bloom Giveaway Hop

Posted on by Marlene Harris

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Welcome to the Love in Bloom Giveaway Hop, hosted by BookHounds.

Spring is sprung,
Fall is fell,
Here comes Summer and it’s
Hotter than…last year.

Of course, if you believe in Global Warming or Climate Change, that is literally true. It is warmer than last year. Which was warmer than the year before that.

But unlike my year before that, even if it is warmer here in Atlanta than it was in Seattle, at least we have air conditioning.

But speaking of warmer weather, it is already summer here in Atlanta. Spring was probably back in February. I love the winters here, but the summers are beastly. And I miss my favorite flowers from the Midwest in the Spring.

The hopeful rising of the daffodils and the tulips, and the big bright profusion of luscious smelling peonies. As much as I love to get roses, peonies are my favorite flower.

So what’s your favorite flower? Or your favorite flower or gardening themed romance? My friend Amy is in the middle of reviewing Nora Roberts In the Garden trilogy. Her review of Blue Dahlia has already posted and Black Rose is scheduled for next month.

My current favorite gardening-themed series is Marty Wingate’s Potting Shed series, starting with The Garden Plot. They may not be romances but romance certainly happens to her gardening and sleuthing heroine in the course of the story.

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  2. I don’t have a favorite flower, but I like many, such as lilacs, petunias, and marigolds. I can’t pick just one as a favorite.

  4. Tulips! I have tulipomania! 🙂 (I only wish they had nice scent like freesia.)

    I’m 99% sure you were my introduction to the Potting Shed mysteries, which I have enjoyed enormously.

    And we’ve been having a cool, damp spring here and I’m ok with that.

  10. There’s a children’s book called Chrysanthemum, and it’s just the cutest thing. This little girl (mouse) goes to class and has this name she loves, Chrysanthemum, but when she gets to school for the first time the others kind of make her feel bad about it. It’s adorable how it all finally works out, and anyone who has young kids to read to should absolutely pick it up.

  14. Oh, if someone was to give me flowers, I’ll love them, since that is so rare. That said… definitely love red roses! 😀

  20. My favourite flower is Jasmine, it smells so good! Thank you for the giveaway 🙂

  21. My favorite flower is carnations, and I like them in different colors. Thanks for having the giveaway.

  27. I seem to always buy geraniums in red for my kids to plant so that may be my favorite

  35. Calla lily’s are my favorite flowers, but I can’t grow anything except weeds.

  41. I like roses because of how they smell, I like sunflowers because of how they look.

  53. My favorite flowers are probably day lilies. We have orange and yellow ones in our yard. I like the orange ones best.

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  56. Poison Diaries by Mayrose Wood! The setting is medieval fantasy and its about a doctor who gardens at home. He has been planting a garden filled with as much deadly plants as he could get ahold of. There’s more but that’s spoiling territory! I highly recommend it!

  60. I really like how beautiful orchids are! But they also really hard to take care of.

  67. My favorite flower has always been daffodils, closely followed by tulips. You are right though, they now bloom at least 3 or 4 wks earlier than they used to. As for books with a garden theme, my favorite is Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. I loved it and highly recommend it.

  72. Oh my favorite is Tulips! So beautiful when they first come up in the spring!

  80. I love so many different flowers I couldn’t pick just one some of my favorites are chicory, daffodils, poppies and lantana.

  81. I like so many of them . Love the smell of lilacs. Like my daffodils, roses, and & my peonies

  85. Favorite flower is a gorgeous Tulip. Books are Cookbooks I like them all. Would like to find a giveaway for a Cookbook.

  86. My favorite flower is The Peony ♡ they smell great! I also read one of Marty Wingate’s Potting Shed Mysteries The Skeleton Garden and I enjoyed the read. I also enjoyed The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh you should check it out. Thank you

  88. I’ve always said that carnations and roses were my favorites, but now I know it’s lilacs! Are they a flower though? They sure do smell good!

  90. Favorite flower are Lilacs. They are in full bloom in the north east right now.

  92. There’s definately a great deal to know about this subject.
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  94. I love the Peony…It’s not only lovely to the eye but the scent is so pretty.

  98. Thanks for the chance to win. My favorite flowers are Lily of the Valley and lilac

  106. My favorite flower are lilacs 🙂 I just love the light purple color. I know there are other colors of them but I am a purple fiend, lol 🙂

  107. My favourite kind of flowers are geraniums. I’m just planting my garden today!

  108. I am going to do a Chocolate Cosmos garden in honor of my sister because this was her favorite flower.

  109. I like flower encyclopedias which tell you all about each type of plant/flower, where they grow best, and how to care for them.

  110. For gardening, I love lavender. It is easy to care for and smells nice. My favorite flowers to receive are tulips or peonies.

  114. I think I would have to say pansy! It reminds me of my grandmother! And I love there sweet face’s.

  115. I love lilacs because they smell so wonderful and purple is one of my favorite colors.

  116. My favorite flowers are lilacs. The smell of them reminds me of my Grandma.

  117. I think my favorite flower would have to be either violets or roses, agh CAN’T CHOOSE!

  118. My favorite flower is the lily of the valley. It is my grandmother’s favorite flower and I think that is why it is mine, too. I remember her having them in her garden every year and the sweet smell they would give. They’re so dainty and beautiful and smell so good.

  122. My favorite flower is the Sunflower I just love it my second favorite is the moon flower that only blooms at night

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  127. I love Paeonia officinalis (common peony) and Syringa vulgaris (common lilac). Sorry I can’t decide, they are beautifuls.

  137. I’ve always loved yellow roses, and I even had a bouquet of yellow roses for my wedding.

  138. I really don’t have a favorite. I like bold colors or unique shapes. I just love them all!

  147. I love all flower?s but if I could could only choose one it would be hydrangeas they are so beautiful.

  153. My favorite flower is the Checkered Lily, Guinea-Hen Flower. It is a bulb that blooms in the Spring.

  156. Mine would have to be gardenias. My grandma had shrubs in the front yard, so they remind me of my summers.

  159. Is it weird that I don’t have a favorite flower? I just enjoy flowers in general!

  163. My favorites are roses. And my favorite book with gardening theme is The Secret Garden.

  164. I actually have 2 favorites. they are the gardenia and the magnolia.

  170. Right now I’m loving the Lily of the Valley that are blooming.
    Thanks for the contest.

  171. I love roses. They pretty much grow on their own. They’re one of the few things in our yard I haven’t killed (yet!).

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