Is This Odd Or Am I Wrong
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29823)
Momence, Illinois
January 23, 2017 8:34am CST
Eleven days ago the grocery store where my son works had a grand reopening as they remodeled the entire store. It looks very nice and I guess they wanted to celebrate. They had amazing sales and I stocked up on lots of things to fill my pantry up.
When I went to check out they had an employee giving each customer a yellow carnation and a green helium filled balloon with green and yellow ribbons. Green and yellow are the store colors. My carnation, and clue me in if I'm wrong about the name of this flower, was barely open. I brought it home and my husband put it in water.
Over the next week it slowly opened at it's very pretty. It has now been 11 days since I got this flower and the picture shown here I took just a few minutes ago. I can't believe it's still going strong. It's really nice to have a flower in my house it reminds me of spring that I want so badly.
I have had flowers in vases before and I don't ever recall them lasting 11 days. How strange. We didn't add anything to the water in the vase. Are carnations if indeed that's what this is, my hubby did tell me but I have forgotten, more hardy in a vase than other flowers? I really thought I would have thrown this flower in the mulch pile long ago. But then I'm not horribly knowledgeable about flowers, I am better at taking photos of them.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
23 Jan 17
Carnations have a long long shelf life, which is why people like them I think!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
23 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 I know what you mean...they say the sun will be out tomorrow but I don't believe them.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill We have had sun once in the last 2 weeks, I'll believe it when I see it.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Jan 17
I learn something new everyday, I had no idea, now I want to go buy some more, different colors. So darn gloomy here I need the color.
@patgalca (18174)
• Orangeville, Ontario
23 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 Gloomy is right. We're on our fourth day in a row of fog. I've never seen such fog like this before.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Jan 17
Good to know so I'm going to go see if I can buy some more today, so pretty and I need the color with all this gloomy winter weather.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
@patgalca I know right, we had fog almost every day last week, strange for winter.
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
25 Jan 17
It looks very beautiful. Carnations are suppose to last longer than other flowers, but I don't know because I can kill them just as easily as I can the other ones. 
I have a black thumb! Since it wasn't opened all the way you might get a few weeks out of it. It looks like it might be dying if those leaves at the top look like they are turning colors to you.
That was really nice that they gave out the flowers. I hope you get spring soon.
I have a black thumb! Since it wasn't opened all the way you might get a few weeks out of it. It looks like it might be dying if those leaves at the top look like they are turning colors to you.
That was really nice that they gave out the flowers. I hope you get spring soon.1 person likes this
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
26 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 LOL. Winter is just starting, I'm afraid. LOL Hey, on the plus side, at least you have seen snow this year. Didn't you have a little bit of summer when you went with your sisters? It looks like we are going to be cold next week. It is suppose to be in the sixties. LOL Florida winter.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
Yea the tips of the petals are starting to die, but I'm pleased how long it's lasted. I hope we get spring soon too sick of the winter.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
@mommaj We have actually had only a grand total of 2 inches of snow so far this winter and I'm certainly not complaining. Yes Arizona was wonderful I wore a light jacket there just once, the rest of the time in shirt sleeves. I so wish I could winter in a warm place, but we just can't afford to buy another house somewhere warm.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
28 Jan 17
I always did not like carnations because they never lasted long for me. I am glad yours held up for 11 days and longer (still looks good!)
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Glad it lasted!@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
31 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 It was a long run for the flower while it lasted :)
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
31 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby It was I am impressed
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@moffittjc (118341)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jan 17
This looks like a carnation to me! And from my experience with carnations, they do seem to last a very long time!
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@moffittjc (118341)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 I've bought carnations for my girlfriend to put in a vase in our house, and they have lasted for over a month before.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
That is what I'm learning and I had no idea they lasted that long.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Jan 17
@moffittjc That is just amazing.
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@just4him (305350)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 That's wonderful. Will you be getting some carnations for your garden?
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
@just4him yes we grow them every year, but usually never cut them for inside.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
It is, and we are now going on 13 days and still it looks great.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jan 17
Like Abby said, carnations last a lot longer than most flowers for some reason.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 It is cool and very pretty.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
I have found that out and it's cool my flower is still doing just fine
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
8 Feb 17
Carnations do last longer than other flowers while in a vase. It is very pretty. Such a nice bright yellow. Nice and perky to warm up the room.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
14 Feb 17
@fishtiger58 Wow that is great! 28 days is quite a long time.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
11 Feb 17
Day 28 and it is still going strong, a bit of dying on the edge of the petals.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
24 Jan 17
Looking at the photo it looks as though it will last few more days until the centre opens up fully.
Kalancheos do that. they last for days on end in a vase. I have a whole lot of them in my garden.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
25 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 They last for months on the plant as well. I am sure you will find a plant or two and they proliferate too.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
I think you are right it's not entirely opened yet. I never heard of Kalancheos I am going to have to look into that. I wonder if I can get them and grow them here they sure are pretty.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
23 Jan 17
Carnations are particularly good at lasting long in my experience.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Jan 17
A fact I didn't know but this one is hardy as heck. Glad to see you Belle, I was worried about you last night.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
23 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 Yes it was a crazy night for storms but all is well today, it is cooler and breezy.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
@BelleStarr I was worried lots of bad storms all up the east coast.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Jan 17
It is a carnation and yes, they last a long time. I don't think I've ever seen one in bud stage but that must be what you were given....
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
26 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 I can't really tell you what it is with out seeing it.. But the photo is a carnation.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Jan 17
@PainsOnSlate Yup I should have taken a shot of it when I first go it.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
I don't think it was bud stage it just wasn't quite open when I got it. But I guess that could be bud stage, I am not very knowledgeable about flowers.
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@JudyEv (325246)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 I never buy flowers for the house but they would be a good purchase if you wanted some.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
@JudyEv I don't usually either but these last so long
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
Amazing long, I do grow them in my garden but never cut them and bring them in. So I had no idea they would last so long
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Jan 17
yes i think a carnation lasts longer than a rose. when we buy a bundle of carnation flowers for the altar, they last long.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
25 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 maybe roses can stay fresh for long when the water where they are dipped in a vase, has a dissolved tablet of aspirin? it is a common practice here in my country to put a tablet of aspirin in a flower vase to keep the flowers fresh and not wither immediately
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
@ridingbet I knew there was something I could add to the water but for the life of me I couldn't remember what it was. Thanks Ingrid I will have to do that
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
yea roses don't last long at all once they are cut, but I didn't know that carnations last so darn long amazing.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
25 Jan 17
Such a lovely yellow- yes it is a carnation- and they do last for a very long time. :)
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
I have learned that here and was so surprised still going strong that carnation almost 13 days
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
@MarymargII It is pretty big for a carnation.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
25 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 However, that is a particularly lovely soft yellow colour and big! Most carnations are smaller and tightly woven! plus I usually see them in white, pink or red!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
I love it so nice to have a flower with all the gloomy winter weather.
@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
24 Jan 17
I didn't know that... I will definitely be taking advantage of the fact!!
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@LadyDuck (457307)
• Switzerland
24 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 I usually do not cut flowers to take inside, I prefer to let them in the garden.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
We grow them in our flower gardens, but I have never cut one for inside so I had no idea they last so long. I might have to cut some this summer.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
Oh really I grow lilies as well I might have to cut one and see how long it lasts
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@Marilynda1225 (79556)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I dont know much about flowers but your yellow carnation is really pretty. It's nice that you've gotten so many days of enjoying it
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
It is I love that it still looks so good. I don't know much about flowers either, my hubby is the flower guy in this household
@MarshaMusselman (38618)
• Midland, Michigan
27 Jan 17
It certainly is a carnation, but I didn't know they were the longest lasting flowers before reading your comments below.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
31 Jan 17
I didn't either when I posted this, we learn something new every day.
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