houttuynia chameleon : a mutant freak and invasive. Cordyline australis. At least the weather is doing its best to wipe them out this year. Can I throw in BAD hanging baskets. For every beauty, you see 100 horrors
So agree on hanging baskets Hosta. Some are spectacular but most are puny little things, especially the ones in cones, that to me are the equivalent of garden gnomes.
Disagree on the cordyline. I have one that has survived the winter - it is more of a tree now, and I like its shape against the pittosporum next to it. Also disagree with another poster who doesn't like photinia Red Robin - mine has developed into a pretty little tree which I love. And I like the marigolds that pop up in my veg plot, and (some) bedding in pots.
I guess it depends on how you place the plants. Regimented rows of lobelia, alyssum, marigolds, bedding dahlias etc that were probably our first encounters with garden plants in grandparents gardens could have put many of us off those plants.
My biggest hate though is phygelius, having spent days and days trying to get rid of it from the garden and it still it pops up.
There are a lot of rapeseed fields around here. I actually like the smell and find the bright yellow uplifting. One farmer planted flax a couple of years ago - a field of blue - it was glorious.
Most annual bedding. Anything invasive or that self-seeds like mad or is, conversely, a total wimp in my conditions. Palms - they look just as ridiculous in my inland mountain/river valley environment and two humongous beasts were the first things I got rid off (with much cussing) when I moved here.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Spanish bluebells planted by previous occupants. Their bulbs tuck themselves down so deep and they seem to multiple each year despite all vegetation being removed as soon as it appears. The ones in the lawn even attempt to flower at ground level despite being mown over more than once. Also common ivy which I battled with in a previous garden.
Love all plants really, it's what we do to them that bugs me, such as pollarding or torturing trees by twisting them. Though I don't mind coppiced trees, that's being practical IMO. Plants should grow in the shape nature intended, but I can see that practicality can come in to play.
I've not really been here long but I'm very surprised Kilmarnock or flamingo willows haven't been mentioned, going by the dislike they have garnered on other posts.
I don't really dislike many plants, I'm more annoyed by the lack of plants in people's gardens. One that is up on my list is anaphalis "pearly everlast", it's just as annoying as houttuynia, springing up everywhere. It was a unwanted inheritance but I wouldn't mind it in other people's gardens.
On another gardening forum I think I stood alone when taking issue with strident colour combinations. All Nature’s colours harmonise was the consensus and my observation that you would not wear a fuchsia pink jumper with orange trousers was not well received. People do, it seems. Mind you, I have been to a couple of garden parties at Buckingham Palace and I have never seen so many people gathered together who seemingly got dressed in the dark.
This mini-rant is a long-winded way of saying I agree with Hostafan regarding bad hanging baskets.
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Cordyline australis. At least the weather is doing its best to wipe them out this year.
Can I throw in BAD hanging baskets. For every beauty, you see 100 horrors
Disagree on the cordyline. I have one that has survived the winter - it is more of a tree now, and I like its shape against the pittosporum next to it. Also disagree with another poster who doesn't like photinia Red Robin - mine has developed into a pretty little tree which I love. And I like the marigolds that pop up in my veg plot, and (some) bedding in pots.
I guess it depends on how you place the plants. Regimented rows of lobelia, alyssum, marigolds, bedding dahlias etc that were probably our first encounters with garden plants in grandparents gardens could have put many of us off those plants.
My biggest hate though is phygelius, having spent days and days trying to get rid of it from the garden and it still it pops up.
There are a lot of rapeseed fields around here. I actually like the smell and find the bright yellow uplifting. One farmer planted flax a couple of years ago - a field of blue - it was glorious.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
I don't really dislike many plants, I'm more annoyed by the lack of plants in people's gardens. One that is up on my list is anaphalis "pearly everlast", it's just as annoying as houttuynia, springing up everywhere. It was a unwanted inheritance but I wouldn't mind it in other people's gardens.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
This mini-rant is a long-winded way of saying I agree with Hostafan regarding bad hanging baskets.