I was waiting ..... :DDove Bagsy the strawberry ones, but you can keep the chocolate equivalent of Brussels sprouts ( those hard caramel things).
Afraid I do hate Neighbours weeds, they are just plants in the wrong place, right?
Their knotweed, especially as I am not sure what kind it is. It is not allowed past the fence line. Phygelius ditto, though that gets everywhere. And their Herb Robert which is allowed to seed all over. I do not mean in flower beds, they don't have any, it covers their large expanse of rotting decking and slate. Contrasts nicely with the wood rush though.
If we’re getting one to food plants - gooseberries, rhubarb, bananas, sultanas, currants and coconut. I could probably force most of these down my neck for politeness sake, except for bananas and coconut, both of which make me physically sick. Rapberries definitely get my vote over strawberries.
When most people say ‘hate’ what they mostly mean is ‘I really don’t like’. Hate is a visceral, poisonous and destructive emotion that does the hater more harm than the hatee. Unless we are talking about bananas and coconut of course
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Might as well make up a list... Hostas - don't do a lot for me.. Daylilies - apart from the spider form, I like those.. Sisyrinchiums - those washed out yellow things. Tradescantias - not sure what they're all about really.. Mahonias.. coarse spiky ugly plants, .. yellow flowers soon forgotten.. Sarcococcas…. very dull most of the year... Acanthus mollis - up there with Mahonias … Chrysanthemums... the less said the better... Prairie gardens... been there, done that,... had quite enough.
...last but not least … Hybrid Tea roses.. very few in my garden, I have one I think.. perhaps these are the roses the voters are referring to... ?
..sorry... no offence intended...gardeners can be very passionate... and I think we should always be open to conversion, or reconvert... ..enjoy your garden this summer...
Oh no, not mahonias! Beautiful, exotic looking plants, robust and evergreen, doesn’t require any special attention whatsoever. Wonderful scent - like lily of the valley, in flower for weeks, right in the middle of winter. A valuable food source for bumblebees when they need it most, in February when nothing else is flowering. One of my favourite plants.
Never seen the attraction of banana plants and no longer keen on neat banana to eat but they do make the most luscious cakes and banoffie pie.
As we walked back to our car after lunch out today we spotted plants in the neighbouring garden along the fence line. Quite a mixture of shrubs clipped into cubes and rectangles including deciduous stuff just starting to flower or bud up and one or two evergreens. It looked very odd and OH said "We haven't got any of that yellow stuff" meaning forsythia.
Too right! Harsh yellow for 2 weeks and desperately dull for 50 weeks. Don't like euphorbias either or other plants with acid yellow/green/orange flowers but that's personal taste.
I expect a lot of taste is affected by what does well in our gardens too. Haven't been fussed about rhodos and azaleas for nearly 3 decades as our last garden was alkaline and they wouldn't grow. Now we have neutral to slightly acid soil and I find I have a rhodo, a camellia and some small azaleas to plant when the under gardener has done some more digging of new beds.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
"Arouse the hate of hate, glorify love and work." Can't remember who said that, but I remember reading it in my ancient, battered "Children's Encyclopedia".
"While others say, don't hate nothing at all except hatred ," That was Bob Dylan.in "It's all right ma."
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Bagsy the strawberry ones, but you can keep the chocolate equivalent of Brussels sprouts ( those hard caramel things).
Afraid I do hate Neighbours weeds, they are just plants in the wrong place, right?
Their knotweed, especially as I am not sure what kind it is. It is not allowed past the fence line.
Phygelius ditto, though that gets everywhere.
And their Herb Robert which is allowed to seed all over.
I do not mean in flower beds, they don't have any, it covers their large expanse of rotting decking and slate. Contrasts nicely with the wood rush though.
Yup! Needs a few more Hostas.
Ok I don't hate them but there's never been a food dish invented that wouldn't be improved by switching to raspberry.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When most people say ‘hate’ what they mostly mean is ‘I really don’t like’. Hate is a visceral, poisonous and destructive emotion that does the hater more harm than the hatee. Unless we are talking about bananas and coconut of course
One of my favourite plants.
As we walked back to our car after lunch out today we spotted plants in the neighbouring garden along the fence line. Quite a mixture of shrubs clipped into cubes and rectangles including deciduous stuff just starting to flower or bud up and one or two evergreens. It looked very odd and OH said "We haven't got any of that yellow stuff" meaning forsythia.
Too right! Harsh yellow for 2 weeks and desperately dull for 50 weeks. Don't like euphorbias either or other plants with acid yellow/green/orange flowers but that's personal taste.
I expect a lot of taste is affected by what does well in our gardens too. Haven't been fussed about rhodos and azaleas for nearly 3 decades as our last garden was alkaline and they wouldn't grow. Now we have neutral to slightly acid soil and I find I have a rhodo, a camellia and some small azaleas to plant when the under gardener has done some more digging of new beds.
"While others say, don't hate nothing at all except hatred ," That was Bob Dylan.in "It's all right ma."
Never mind me, I'm just a superannuated hippie.
Love and peace eh? ✌️ 🕊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.