have no idea what they are called

I am a Compulsive Thief and Do Not Want to be Helped

Thievery, Pretty self seeding flowers, What are they

@DianneN (247166)

United States

April 26, 2024 12:27am CST

I’m confessing to you. I go berserk when I see something I want and just have to have it! If someone is lurking around, I saunter away. Otherwise I steal. I can’t help myself But I only steal when the owner isn’t available. Otherwise, I ask permission. I only steal flowers that need to be dead headed. They overflow onto the streets where I walk and could trip someone. Others are being torn out by landscapers and left in a pile to be discarded. To me, it’s all about trying to grow certain Florida flowers in Connecticut. I have no idea what I am taking, but they are to pretty. Please don’t call the police and be a snitch!

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318816)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Apr 24

Too funny! I'm certain the owners will be happy with your landscaping skills, and you will find joy in new plants in Connecticut. I won't tell them you did it. I promise.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I tried to look it up online, but no luck. I have a wonderful book at home which may help. Then again, as long as it blooms with other flowers ,I don’t really care. I forget most of their names! I just want pretty colors.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I hope the seeds I have been preparing work well. I only wish I knew the name of this flower.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318816)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Apr 24

@DianneN When/If it comes up you can look it up. I'm sure it will. Not everybody has my black thumb.

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@Tampa_girl7 (52305)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Your secret is safe with me.

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@Tampa_girl7 (52305)

• United States

26 Apr 24

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I knew I could always trust you!

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@GardenGerty (163367)

• United States

26 Apr 24

We always worried that my mom would get arrested. Plants are happier if they are trimmed, that is for sure.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

27 Apr 24

Exactly!

@LadyDuck (473822)

• Switzerland

26 Apr 24

I will not call the police, I risk to be arrested for the same crime. I "stole" yesterday a piece of a yellow vine rose that looked so pretty. Let's see if I can grow it.

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@LadyDuck (473822)

• Switzerland

27 Apr 24

My husband complained when I asked him to "shadow" me while I stole seeds from flowers in Italy.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

27 Apr 24

I steal alone!

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I should have figured you were flower thief, too! I hope you can grow your rose, and I hope I can get my seeds to grow

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@TheHorse (226239)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Apr 24

I hope you don't get busted! I may go back to my illegal planting again. I saw some tempting new large planters at Kaiser the other day. Full of dirt.

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@TheHorse (226239)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Apr 24

@DianneN How will you duplicate the Florida environment? A little extra water (pretend humidity)? Will you keep them inside?

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

27 Apr 24

@TheHorse It’s pretty hot and humid during Connecticut summers, so they should thrive unless I screw up planting the seeds.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

27 Apr 24

I hope not either! Can’t wait to see if they grow in CT. Those planters can be so beautiful and heavy.

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@arunima25 (90120)

• Bangalore, India

26 Apr 24

I will not call the police. I am the same

. We are just doing our part to make the world more beautiful or at least our small garden a more beautiful one

. It's all justified and not a crime.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Whew! I was getting worried.

All I want is a field of color.

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@arunima25 (90120)

• Bangalore, India

27 Apr 24

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@snowy22315 (189037)

• United States

26 Apr 24

As long as you stick to discarded flowers .you should be OK..

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I would love to rip out complete flower beds, but I contain myself. I’d definitely wind up in the clinker if I dared do that

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@May2k8 (18522)

• Indonesia

26 Apr 24

My mouth is tightly closed, try not to break anything.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I only broke a nail pinching off those flowers

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@changjiangzhibin89 (16914)

• China

26 Apr 24

I have the same impulsion as yours when I see flowers I like.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Good to know I am not alone

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@rebelann (113907)

• El Paso, Texas

26 Apr 24

Ummm, welllll ............ ok, I won't tell. I don't get why people don't compost clippings instead of leaving them in the way where people walk, it's so rude.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Thanks for not telling a soul! It’s jungle-like here. The people do in fact keep their lawns and flowers in pretty good shape. The gardeners leave everything in the road and then truck it away to compost.

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@FourWalls (74433)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Snitches get stitches.

Just make sure Orville the Osprey doesn’t tell on you.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Orville is the town crier! He has such a big loud mouth, too. It’s best for me to pinch flowers when he’s out hunting for fish.

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@wolfgirl569 (115656)

• Marion, Ohio

26 Apr 24

I can't tell as I grab flowers like that. Just not from Florida

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I’m going to keep my mouth shut about you!

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@Marilynda1225 (84614)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Hope your thievery pays off and your stolen goods do well in CT.

Since everyone seems to be willing to keep your secret, hope you'll let us know if the Florida flowers grow in CT.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Lol! IF they grow, I will definitely post a photo of my stolen goods.

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@LindaOHio (188025)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I won't tell. I hope your cuttings grow. Have a good weekend.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

I know I can trust you. I have the seeds drying out right now. I hope they grow, too. Feeling guilty better pay off in pretty blooms.

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@jstory07 (143814)

• Roseburg, Oregon

27 Apr 24

I won't tell on you. Those flowers are pretty. I hope all of our flowers are going to come up. The ones from last year were really pretty.

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@jstory07 (143814)

• Roseburg, Oregon

27 Apr 24

@DianneN No they are wildflowers. Several different flowers in the pack.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

27 Apr 24

Are those marigolds?

. I like them a lot and always include them in my gardens. They repel the deer.

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@JudyEv (352700)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Apr 24

Good luck with your plantings. I hope you have very green fingers - only in a metaphorical sense, of course.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

27 Apr 24

My thumbs are black, but I never give up. That’s what garden centers are for

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@Dena91 (16925)

• United States

27 Apr 24

I won't snitch on you.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

27 Apr 24

I hope not!!!

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@dya80dya (36956)

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26 Apr 24

I won't call the police.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Thanks so much.

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@Scarred4Lyfe (761)

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26 Apr 24

I have no idea what I am taking, but they are to pretty. I think they are called 'flours'.

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@DianneN (247166)

• United States

26 Apr 24

Well, these flours better grow up north.

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