Pelargonium (fussy leaves), Rhododendrons, azaleas, skimmia (they all die on me, vine weevil fodder) Anything like yucca, cordyline, phormium, palms
My honeysuckle which gets powdery mildew every year without fail, and therefore never flowers. Though I keep it as I love it really and I wish it would live.
Slowly building a wildlife garden, in a new build in East Yorkshire.
Ivy, was great at the start but took over part of the garden, very tough job to remove.
Bluebells, they too are great, had a small patch in the garden where they grew, but over time they are everywhere, in small patches all over the garden, tough to contain them in a certain area.
If I had known how much of a nuisance they would be, I would never have agreed to my wife digging up our bluebells, and transplanting the bulbs elsewhere. All that happened was for the bluebells to thrive in their new location, and a couple of years later find that they had not been fully removed from the original location. So now they have doubled in number!!
Now if only the chrysanthemums could do the same. Far better.
I can’t think of any plants I dislike because of how they look, but rather what a pain they can be. Top of my list are Welsh poppies and Dutch bluebells because they seed into your established perennial clumps and are very difficult to get rid of without chemicals. Ivy makes the list too. It’s a beautiful plant and great for wildlife but if the people who have it don’t control it and let it into your hedge then it becomes a problem. Grrr……
I like the appearance of hycinths but I can't cope with the smell. It really does make me want to throw up. Very odd reaction I know but it's the same if I smell them inside or outside.
@B3, agree with everything on your list! Funny thing gardening, what some hate others love. I love roses and ivy. Adore red hot pokers and grasses. I have a red Robin that I think looks great and I like 'bedding' in pots. I don't like nigella, but that's only because I sowed a few seeds a couple of years ago and now it grows like a weed and I can't get rid of it.
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Rhododendrons, azaleas, skimmia (they all die on me, vine weevil fodder)
Anything like yucca, cordyline, phormium, palms
My honeysuckle which gets powdery mildew every year without fail, and therefore never flowers. Though I keep it as I love it really and I wish it would live.
Now if only the chrysanthemums could do the same. Far better.
Fields of gold looks so alien and weird in the British landscape.