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I have a lot of flowers that grow out front of my house. If you pick my tulips, daffodils, roses, or lillies then I'll be mad because they're pretty, short-live
by kodah 3y ago
I have a lot of flowers that grow out front of my house. If you pick my tulips, daffodils, roses, or lillies then I'll be mad because they're pretty, short-lived, and for pollinators. I go to great lengths to have blooming flowers almost year round and a great deal of planning goes into that. One flower dying prematurely or going missing isn't a big deal, but if everyone picked a flower then the great deal of pollinators my property attracts would be impacted in some small way each time, and the pollinators play a key role in the micro-ecosystem of my yard. I do my best not to disturb them. If you rip up the bulbs for your own I'll be doubly mad because you're just selfish at that point. Go buy your own bulbs like I did, or better yet foster a yard where bulbs multiply.
On the other hand, nature isn't so delicate. My ground cover has smaller blooms most the year and provide the pollinators with much more abundance and resiliency to what people or animal might do to my "prettier" flowers. It's difference between O(n) impact to O(log n) impact.