Haha, Nut, it was Dove bringing up Salix 'Flamingo' on another thread that got me thinking about this thread! ;P
Black grass, B3 - I suppose I was attracted to it at first because it's unusual, but now can't figure out what the point of it is, so I agree.
I like almost all Euphorbias, Obelixx, but the variegated forms of E. characias like 'Tasmanian Tiger' make me horrified and confused. Particularly annoying because the straight E. characias is one of my all-time favourites. However whenever I see it at the GC it always seems to be one of these diseased and crispy looking variants:
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I give in about the white host a. It must come from the same stable as the blue rose and the illumination foxglove.
I'm not keen on sweet peas either but as so many people love them, I would just ask for them to be kept out of sight.. The smell is not unpleasant, I suppose, but the plant always looks scraggly and dried up or mouldy at the bottom. Perhaps they should be grown out of the way as a crop and cut for flowers.
Agree with quite a few mentioned here like the Euphorbias - they strike me as an invader from outer space. The artificial looking bedding begonias too. The flamboyant miniature dahlias. Roses are a hit or miss for me.
Pretty much all double flowers - I just don't understand the appeal. One of the main pleasures in growing flowers is seeing all the insects that visit them - no good when the flowers are stuffed full of surplus petals at the expense of the useful bits.
Pretty much all variegated plants as well, with the exception of some of the structural variegation in e.g. lungworts (unlike the pigment-based 'normal' type of variegation).
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Acuba japonica
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That white hosta would look good beside dark green / variegated foliage or blue flowers.
how does that white hosta survived with no chlorophyll?
I think I would back that for the compost heap, it would never be robust enough for garden life
In the sticks near Peterborough
There were several threads on White Feather a few years back - I don't think anyone who grew it was pleased with it ... this one stuck in my mind ...
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/white-hosta/436429.html
If Bowdens can't grow it then I probably can't either
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mauve and lilac things. My garden's previous keeper had a thing for wishy washy purple.
The interior of the house was painted various shades of icky grey purple too.
It's not now!
Haha, Nut, it was Dove bringing up Salix 'Flamingo' on another thread that got me thinking about this thread! ;P
Black grass, B3 - I suppose I was attracted to it at first because it's unusual, but now can't figure out what the point of it is, so I agree.
I like almost all Euphorbias, Obelixx, but the variegated forms of E. characias like 'Tasmanian Tiger' make me horrified and confused. Particularly annoying because the straight E. characias is one of my all-time favourites. However whenever I see it at the GC it always seems to be one of these diseased and crispy looking variants:
To me that is a plant silently screaming
I give in about the white host a. It must come from the same stable as the blue rose and the illumination foxglove.
I'm not keen on sweet peas either but as so many people love them, I would just ask for them to be kept out of sight.. The smell is not unpleasant, I suppose, but the plant always looks scraggly and dried up or mouldy at the bottom. Perhaps they should be grown out of the way as a crop and cut for flowers.
Agree with quite a few mentioned here like the Euphorbias - they strike me as an invader from outer space. The artificial looking bedding begonias too. The flamboyant miniature dahlias. Roses are a hit or miss for me.
Tell 'em how you really feel folks
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Pretty much all double flowers - I just don't understand the appeal. One of the main pleasures in growing flowers is seeing all the insects that visit them - no good when the flowers are stuffed full of surplus petals at the expense of the useful bits.
Pretty much all variegated plants as well, with the exception of some of the structural variegation in e.g. lungworts (unlike the pigment-based 'normal' type of variegation).