And she put them in a plastic bottle and left them outside?! You can literally see the plant they were cut from from where I'm standing. What was the point?? 🙃
EDIT: Everyone's outrage on my behalf has honestly made me feel so much better. I'm going to talk to her once I'm home and bring her some bulbs or plants to plant
by 100percent_NotCursed
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I always dead head the peonies but I’ve never found them to bloom more from picking them.
Take them inside and put them in a nice vase to enjoy. Sometimes it’s better than leaving them on the plant…peonies tend to be top heavy and will drag down to the ground especially during rains. Glass half full perspective, 😉.
Your mom must be one of those “I’d rather apologize than ask permission” types. Seems like she owes you an apology.
Oh, I thought this was my dysfunctional families group 👀
https://youtu.be/kOZY7e5XN6s
I’m sure it is just me having very low tolerance for any amount of bullshit but if this was my mother she would never come back to my house. It’s about respecting property. It’s about respecting boundaries which your mom clearly isn’t.
Ughhhhh I feel this.
My father in law came over once while no one was home. Left a note with some things he had done, including “I cut the canes on your peonies…”
I go outside..
No, he did not touch the peonies.
HE CUT THE HYDRANGEAS. THE “GROWS ON OLD WOOD” HYDRANGEAS. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
(fortunately they were fine after that 1 rough year)
First offense, a stern talking-to. Second offense death penalty.
My MIL and her mother came and picked every single fig off our giant tree the first year we moved in. I was shocked and tbh heart broken but asked them the following years to only fill up one bag between them. (It is a GIANT established tree, they genuinely picked every single fig one day, our first year we moved in)
Did you tell her you’re mad?
Do this when you go to her house.
Cut a piece off of her curtains; leave it on the windowsill.
Is she normally a considerate person? If this type of behavior is a pattern, maybe leave her at home, lol.
My mom pulled my volunteer oregano.
I don’t understand the bottle and I don’t understand leaving them where they are however, I’m a firm believer in cutting peonies as soon as they bloom. If you don’t, the rain is just going to get them so take them in and enjoy them.
Moms are like dogs. They become destructive if not kept occupied
This some rage bate right here 😂
Is your mom elderly? Has she always done things like this?
I can already feel my blood pressure rising. I just returned home from a difficult trip to visit my parents. I know how it feels.
I used to say this quote all the time to my daughter when she wanted to pick all the flowers in the yard (with the idea that she can put it in water to let it grow, when it’s already growing in the yard 🤦🏻♀️)
“When you like a flower, you just pick it. But when you love a flower, you water it and let it bloom.”
I love cutting flowers for inside the house, but only cut my own plants
My mom decided to trim back my Japanese maple in the Fall.
It was such a beautiful little tree and she killed it because it hung over the walkway a bit.
The way my jaw dropped 😳 I’m so sorry, I can’t imagine cutting someone else’s plant for literally any reason. Wtf 😳
Wtaf? I would have strewn words for my mom if she did this. But she wouldn’t even dream of doing something like this. I mean, who does that?
My in-laws all know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it would mean a swift death for them if they touch ANYTHING in my garden. Especially my wife’s family.
It’s my garden. Don’t touch it. I don’t need your help. This is my hobby. It’s not work to me. Don’t deny me of my hobby or the joys therein cause you felt compelled to “help” and you fucked it all up instead.
My peonies look great for like two days then get decimated with the first rain and I just have a bush covered in ants for the rest of the season. I’m with your mom on this one.
I never keep indoor plants because I have cats. Instead, they overwinter in the greenhouse and get pulled out when it is warm outside.
My mom was begging for some way to help and after being worn down, I considered that she’s always had beautiful indoor plants that were well taken care of.
Instructions: Open the greenhouse door if it gets to warm during the day. Close the greenhouse door before the sun goes down.
She decided the plants would be okay overnight and left the greenhouse door open. Wall to wall plants. Every single one of them died. The worst loss was my collection of epiphyllums. They take years to bloom and just started blooming that past year. Blooms as big as your hand and by far the most beautiful flowers I have seen.
The best I got from her was, “It has been warm all week. How was I to know it was going to freeze?” Not even an apology.
My parents did that to me shortly after I was born. Ya know being Catholic and all. But growing up I had a friend who had it done in his teens and honestly glad I had it done as a baby because my buddy was miserable for 2 weeks.
Ohhhhh…. peonies.
Nevermind.