I've got quite a few of the things mentioned. And the funny thing is, I'm not that keen on a lot of them either! But if something was already here and/or if it's kind enough to grow for me then I grow to love it. Not the species/genus/variety as a whole, but that specific plant!
I like lime green foliage but do dislike the pink flowers on the lime green spirea. I considered chopping them off but that felt cruel so I just enjoy the time when it's not flowering. I have a hardy fuchsia that I wouldn't be a fan of, except that I have abused it so heinously over the years and have now planted it in an incredibly inauspicious spot, and STILL it comes back and performs. I've grown quite inordinately fond of it, even though I would never have planted it myself. Am I a bit soppy?
Coleus though... no. And those fluffy astilbes (I lke the feathery creamy white ones, but would not give garden room to the chunky coloured ones). I just have to hope no one gives me either of those or I'll end up sentimental about them too.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I have two great ugly lumps of it and thankfully it hasn't become too huge but it's not pretty.
Glad to hear your comments about Houttuynia Pdoc. I've had some in a huge pot for ages and was afraid to plant it in case it overwhelmed me. I might stilll plant it in it's pot just in case.
Love gunnera, euphorbia, daffodils (I think you may have caused the biggest collective gasp with that bombshell, Topbird!) and Japanese anemones (though not happy with their thuggish tendencies).
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I like petunias, rarely bother to dead head them, they still flower. I grow a variety called "Storm" and they don't seem to mind the rain. I think Spanish bluebells are pretty, I have them in flower beds and the wild English ones in my wild bits, they don't get muddled up.
Forgot one thing I don't like - grasses! As I am surrounded by meadows and forest I don't see the point of growing something that looks like weeds in my flower beds. There are lots of varieties of grass growing in the countryside here, where they belong. Anything that looks like grass in my beds gets pulled up. I like flowers in my beds.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
With you on grasses Busy looking at show gardens yesterday and the ones with grass looked untidy! I loathe conifers of any sort or anything evergreen really. Also cream or white camellia as next door have one and the rusty dirty looking dead flowers fall off all over my flower bed!
My neibour has a Scots pine at the end of his garden. It is a lovely tree but far to big for a residential garden as it dominates his who garden. He has lifted the canopy of let more light in but still restricts what else he can grow(basically nothing as it takes all the soil nutrients) doesn't cause mr any problems apart from cleaning up the never ending dropping pine bits.
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
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I think I forgot to mention Salix flamingo, another horror.
I confess , I've not got Hosta White Feather. Would I buy one if I came across it somewhere? ......Probably.
I've got quite a few of the things mentioned. And the funny thing is, I'm not that keen on a lot of them either! But if something was already here and/or if it's kind enough to grow for me then I grow to love it. Not the species/genus/variety as a whole, but that specific plant!
I like lime green foliage but do dislike the pink flowers on the lime green spirea. I considered chopping them off but that felt cruel so I just enjoy the time when it's not flowering. I have a hardy fuchsia that I wouldn't be a fan of, except that I have abused it so heinously over the years and have now planted it in an incredibly inauspicious spot, and STILL it comes back and performs. I've grown quite inordinately fond of it, even though I would never have planted it myself. Am I a bit soppy?
Coleus though... no. And those fluffy astilbes (I lke the feathery creamy white ones, but would not give garden room to the chunky coloured ones). I just have to hope no one gives me either of those or I'll end up sentimental about them too.
Gunnera! What's that about?
I have two great ugly lumps of it and thankfully it hasn't become too huge but it's not pretty.
Glad to hear your comments about Houttuynia Pdoc. I've had some in a huge pot for ages and was afraid to plant it in case it overwhelmed me. I might stilll plant it in it's pot just in case.
Or golden rod.
Love gunnera, euphorbia, daffodils (I think you may have caused the biggest collective gasp with that bombshell, Topbird!) and Japanese anemones (though not happy with their thuggish tendencies).
Good for you, Sussexsun!
I like petunias, rarely bother to dead head them, they still flower. I grow a variety called "Storm" and they don't seem to mind the rain. I think Spanish bluebells are pretty, I have them in flower beds and the wild English ones in my wild bits, they don't get muddled up.
Forgot one thing I don't like - grasses! As I am surrounded by meadows and forest I don't see the point of growing something that looks like weeds in my flower beds. There are lots of varieties of grass growing in the countryside here, where they belong. Anything that looks like grass in my beds gets pulled up. I like flowers in my beds.
With you on grasses Busy looking at show gardens yesterday and the ones with grass looked untidy! I loathe conifers of any sort or anything evergreen really. Also cream or white camellia as next door have one and the rusty dirty looking dead flowers fall off all over my flower bed!
Far to sweeping a statement on conifers IMO.
What about Yew, Pinus Mugo and many more, to provide structure in the borders ?
If you have the space a mature Scot's pine is magnificent..
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Sorry I don't like them, give me a deciduous tree any time but obviously lots of people love them and they can keep them just not for me!
My neibour has a Scots pine at the end of his garden. It is a lovely tree but far to big for a residential garden as it dominates his who garden. He has lifted the canopy of let more light in but still restricts what else he can grow(basically nothing as it takes all the soil nutrients) doesn't cause mr any problems apart from cleaning up the never ending dropping pine bits.