Agree, virtually all " bedding" ( can I chuck in pretty much all hanging baskets too? )
Variegated ceanothus , pyrancantha and euphorbia , clearly all inferior to non variegated forms, but how can anyone not love variegated holly? beats me.
Variegations which looks like weedkiller splash, Aucuba, miscanthus zebrinus , pulmonaria etc.
Salvia hot lips, and pretty much all the red forms ( don't even start me " blaze of fire" )
Heathers.
Agree with "blue" roses. All vile.
"novelty" plants, like contorted hazel, I've never seen a nice specimen yet.
Bergenia, Spanish bluebells (the botanical equivalent of the grey squirrel - everywhere it goes, the natives disappear), palm trees, anything black, and definitely blue roses.
I like blue roses. And euphorbias. And petunias. And hardy geraniums.
Not sure about the white hosta.
I generally don't go in for faffle plants like dahlias and begonias and anything grown in hanging baskets with the possible exception of strawberries. But I wouldn't compost them - they just aren't for me.
I like all plants. Even leylandii (if they are growing in a forest not a front garden).
The only plants I would prefer never to see anywhere (except a picture in a book) are mop head hydrangeas but that's not really the plant, exactly. It's a hang up from childhood because they were everywhere in the gardens where I grew up and if I accidentally brushed against one on the way to school I'd get an arm covered in wet spiders which would then give me the heebeegeebees all day.
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Definitely forsythia (after it has flowered though),
Petunias - rubbish in the rain,
Those elephant ear things with the silly little pink flowers
Rose - Reine de Violettes, even though the flowers smell divine it is such an unruly octopus,
Some varieties of hardy geranium - grow too large for the amount of flowers you get.
Crocosmia - the orange one is too 'orange' & it spreads everywhere
Those giant pine tree things at the far end of my garden. Neither use nor ornament!
Also maybe Peonies - they take up a large space & although beautiful, the flowers soon drop.
Flippin' 'eck. How long a list do you want?
Agree, virtually all " bedding" ( can I chuck in pretty much all hanging baskets too? )
Variegated ceanothus , pyrancantha and euphorbia , clearly all inferior to non variegated forms, but how can anyone not love variegated holly? beats me.
Variegations which looks like weedkiller splash, Aucuba, miscanthus zebrinus , pulmonaria etc.
Salvia hot lips, and pretty much all the red forms ( don't even start me " blaze of fire" )
Heathers.
Agree with "blue" roses. All vile.
"novelty" plants, like contorted hazel, I've never seen a nice specimen yet.
I'm sure more will come to mind.
Agree with all items mentionned so far. I would add those favorite abhorred plants of mine.
- laurel (in hedges)
- thuja (ditto)
- multicolour bedding plants (aka "clown's vomit")
etc.
Bergenia, Spanish bluebells (the botanical equivalent of the grey squirrel - everywhere it goes, the natives disappear), palm trees, anything black, and definitely blue roses.
Can't believe I'm the first person to nominate .... Leylandii!
Jos, I think that one's a given
Hey there, I did mention thuja!
I like blue roses. And euphorbias. And petunias. And hardy geraniums.
Not sure about the white hosta.
I generally don't go in for faffle plants like dahlias and begonias and anything grown in hanging baskets with the possible exception of strawberries. But I wouldn't compost them - they just aren't for me.
I like all plants. Even leylandii (if they are growing in a forest not a front garden).
The only plants I would prefer never to see anywhere (except a picture in a book) are mop head hydrangeas but that's not really the plant, exactly. It's a hang up from childhood because they were everywhere in the gardens where I grew up and if I accidentally brushed against one on the way to school I'd get an arm covered in wet spiders which would then give me the heebeegeebees all day.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”