Flower girl depleting my bush

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I feel that I'm being mean but I also want her to stop.

My lovely neighbour has an adorable little girl who's been picking roses off my bush for her teacher. She does this every day.

The bush is a mature Alida Lovett, so clusters of pale pink fragrant single layer flowers. It is a large plant and smells and looks bloody amazing.

While I would never bedrudge a bloom or two to others, especially a long suffering educator, I think that every day is a bit much.

YABU don't be so stingy. She's only small and her teacher deserves appreciation

YANBU once or twice is fine, but not all the time. Offer the school some cuttings instead.

There was a very similar thread to this last week, wasn't there? Similar title too.

A cutting from the bush will grow the same rose bush - no mad science needed.

Just ask her nicely not to do it anymore as once they are picked they die very quickly.

I thought this was a risqué wedding thread

Oh I'd absolutely hate this. I love my roses. You need to talk to the mum.

I imagined a very different scenario when I read the title !

Speak to the girl's parents. You want to enjoy the beauty & scent of the roses on the bush. They should be stopping her.

Offer to give them a cutting so they canjhave their own bush of roses for cut flowers.

This!
She should be teaching her kids you can look, but you can't take them as that's stealing.
You can't just go swiping flowers you like, imagine if we all did that 🙄

Does the rose bush overhang a boundary? If so, then not very much you can do about it. If not, then tell the mum to stop her

Yanbu at all. Tell the parents that you didn’t mind her having one flower as a one-off but you need her to stop taking your flowers now as you get a lot of enjoyment from seeing them in your garden and you particularly want them to stay there for the sake of the bees.

or something along the lines of "The gardener came to trim my bush".

I can't vote because you've manipulated it??

I don't think she should be picking your flowers at all, and especially not without asking.

Get her told.

Where is the parent???

🤣🤣🤣 quite.

I would put a stop to it OP.

Obviously not giving a shit wherever they are.

So many unanswered questions.

Love this suggestion 🌹

I would say this to her.

Or buy your neighbour one for Christmas so she can pick from that one and leave yours alone (only half joking)

The cheek of some people! I don’t know how these parents have the nerve to allow their child to continue.

Definitely say to the parents, no more flowers as they are for everyone to enjoy.

Her parents must be idiots. This is totally not ok.

I'm surprised at the lack or bush related innuendo on this thread.

I'd probably let it go, it's not far until the end of term and next summer she'll have a new teacher and may have grown out of it. But if you want to have a quiet word the one about leaving them for the bees is a nice way to do it.

Do you let random people/children wander into your garden and pick your flowers?

Oh no. I have looked the rose up and it seems when each flower has gone, it is gone for the season. Some roses are repeat flowerers and will come back throughout summer. I have a once flowering rose and it is quite disappointing to get flowers for about 2 weeks of the year and then nothing.

Perhaps you could explain this to the girl. Perhaps she could have taken more if it had been a repeat flowerer.

Not bluebells though, that is actually illegal