Live flowers are not allowed in my apartment for the same reasons! lol. these are wooden roses that I got for free from a flea-market, lol. I'd never let my cats near live flowers for I KNOW Monet would eat them in a heart beat!
I've been lucky with flowers. I can have a vase on the table and no one bothers them. I thought I'd have to stop when we got Dorothy, because she gets into things like a normal cat, but nope. No interest. I don't bring in lillies or any other flowers that are on the dangerous list, just in case, but roses from the garden are nice.