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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Loss gift advice needed, please help
I am from the Pregnant After a Loss board. One of the moms on our board just gave birth to her first child but unfortunately his airway was formed incorrectly and the baby boy has already passed. We want to send some flowers that could be planted and come back each year in his memory. I am not that great with these things but was hoping you all would have some ideas of bulbs/flowers that could be shipped maybe by ftd.com? They live in Des Moines, Iowa to give you an idea of climate. I just want to make sure we pick something that comes back yearly and will be hearty. Thank you in advance!
Re: Loss gift advice needed, please help
Oh that's so sad, and so thoughtful of you.
What about asking on the Iowa board? I'm not that familiar with that zone, and I am not really a bulb person. I do like tulips, but not sure how they do there.
Don't do tulips; we're only about an hour from Des Moines and tulips are best planted as annuals here--they come back, but sparsely and with few flowers. If you want a good return-crop you have to pull them, dry them and replant in the fall with cages. It's a pain.
I would recommend an heirloom variety of Hydrangea, like the Oak Leaf Hydrangea, Forsythia which are very, very easy to grow here and bloom profusely, dwarf Lavendar (we like the Machurian Lilac 'Miss Kim' which is very hardy here), or Bearded Irises which do beautifully here in full sun and bloom profusely with little to no care at all.