I'll speak up here for forsythia ... some of them ... well, one of them ... Forsythia suspensa ... pruned properly to allow it to be graceful and elegant and not hacked into a bog brush, is just gorgeous if given enough space as a focal point at the end of a 'view' ......... but a yellow bogbrush hedge ... no thanks.
There are few plants I really can't stand ... most have at least one variety that has something appealing about it to me ........... but I think you all know that I absolutely cannot cannot stand Acuba Japonica (the Spotted Laurel) ... loathe it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Kniphofia. Anything sharp or spiky enough to hurt if you catch it. They look unfriendly. Any plant grown because they can be, irrespective of whether or not they look good (eg. Palm trees.)
@WonkyWomble l'm not keen on the 'feather duster' type astilbes, but the ones with graceful, more open flower heads look good, but maybe not in huge drifts.....good foliage, not invasive, don't need lifting and dividing every ten minutes.....
Nope. Any plant can be good in the right place/situation. Not all of them suit my garden but that doesn't mean I don't like them and wouldn't have them in another garden if I moved house.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I think it's something I've noticed from working in lots of gardens, there are repeat offenders!! Mahonias for the ever increasing number of seedlings as well as their particular colour of yellow being vomit worthy!
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There are few plants I really can't stand ... most have at least one variety that has something appealing about it to me ........... but I think you all know that I absolutely cannot cannot stand Acuba Japonica (the Spotted Laurel) ... loathe it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Anything sharp or spiky enough to hurt if you catch it. They look unfriendly.
Any plant grown because they can be, irrespective of whether or not they look good (eg. Palm trees.)
@WonkyWomble l'm not keen on the 'feather duster' type astilbes, but the ones with graceful, more open flower heads look good, but maybe not in huge drifts.....good foliage, not invasive, don't need lifting and dividing every ten minutes.....
Think that's about it. I am uncomplicated, green leaves, coloured flowers, I'm happy!
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”