I regret my landlord planting a honey locust and a crab apple tree in the front lawn. The locust is beautiful, but spikey, messy, and way too big for the space, and the crab apple looks scruffy and just drops masses of fruit, so I can't underplant it.
I had a manky crab apple; bullfinches used to srtip all its blossoms. I felled a silver birch, which fell into the crab apple and ruined its shape. I now don't have the crab apple, but do miss the bullfinches.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Snap, Busyliz. I planted three echinops plants last year and just hated the foliage. I have dug up two. Hope the third died over winter and isn't lurking somewhere.
I would agree - Echinops. Foliage is hideous and flowers are very short lived. They self seed everywhere too. I have left a couple but only because the bees love them. I have the white ones which are a sort of dirty grey- white. Also Virginia creeper. Thought I had managed to kill it off but it started sprouting again last week.
@bédé felling a silver birch is a heinous crime! 😉
Your little yellow face looks like it's smiling, winking even. Too small to be sure.
The silver birch came with the garden, it was self-sown and in the wrong place, hence: a weed. Felling any tree and not being 100% in control of where it will fall - that is a crime!
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
The silver birch came with the garden, it was self-sown and in the wrong place, hence: a weed. Felling any tree and not being 100% in control of where it will fall - that is a crime!
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."