Goji berry. I've never seen fruit on it and yet it is able to self seed all over the garden and it grows like topsy, in an untidy sprawl of uninteresting leaf shape and colour.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Honeysuckle, think it's Hall's Prolific. I love it, but I HATE it!! It grows like the clappers every year, until May/June then it gets powdery mildew. In previous years it has then promptly died right back and refused to flower. Its in a perfect location for it so its not that.
I took advice from the forum this year and gave a bazillion gallons of water every day, even when it rains. It has actually flowered this year, and quite well too! Hallelujah! BUT ITS STILL GOT MILDEW 😡
So it drops leaves everywhere and its a full time job picking them up, keeping it watered, whispering sweet nothings to it trying to keep it flowering.
It smells amazing, but it just shouldn't be this hard work. I'm stubborn, so I'm determined to see it healthy and flowering, but my word I wish I'd never planted it. I feel the need to win the battle now, I'm too invested.
Slowly building a wildlife garden, in a new build in East Yorkshire.
Knautia macedonia. Love the flowers, but it's covered in mildew. Planted 3 in different parts of the garden and all 3 are the same. Dug it up last year and I either kissed a bit or its self seeded as it's back this year and worse than previous years.
@gjautos, mine is usually covered in mildew too but this year it looks quite spectacular. Best it has ever flowered. Maybe the higher than average rainfall we had in March and April plus I have kept up with the watering since. I am sorry yours are so disappointing because the flowers are lovely aren't they and covered in bees.
I'm amazed that garden centres want so much for Astrantia, I divide it constantly and give it away. Do like it though so not a regret. I do very much regret that my wife planted Creeping Jenny.
We didn’t plant it but the Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata variegatus) is unstoppable. We’ve tried patiently digging it up, poison, concrete to stop the spread. Nothing works.
I often reflect on the moment that the old house owner casually mentioned that there was a ‘lovely variegated plant that comes up in the summer’ when we bought the house in November.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
It grows like the clappers every year, until May/June then it gets powdery mildew. In previous years it has then promptly died right back and refused to flower. Its in a perfect location for it so its not that.
I took advice from the forum this year and gave a bazillion gallons of water every day, even when it rains. It has actually flowered this year, and quite well too! Hallelujah! BUT ITS STILL GOT MILDEW 😡
So it drops leaves everywhere and its a full time job picking them up, keeping it watered, whispering sweet nothings to it trying to keep it flowering.
It smells amazing, but it just shouldn't be this hard work. I'm stubborn, so I'm determined to see it healthy and flowering, but my word I wish I'd never planted it. I feel the need to win the battle now, I'm too invested.
We didn’t plant it but the Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata variegatus) is unstoppable. We’ve tried patiently digging it up, poison, concrete to stop the spread. Nothing works.
I often reflect on the moment that the old house owner casually mentioned that there was a ‘lovely variegated plant that comes up in the summer’ when we bought the house in November.