My favourite plant in my garden

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  12 February

  My C. Cream Crocus is a few days off blooming
  

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  12 February edited 12 February

  I have many favourites depending on the time of year, as others have said. At the moment I’m looking forward to the cheerful return of tulips!
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.
  
  
  

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• BenCotto Posts: 4,718

  12 February

  I would say it’s the stand of silver birches - they provide interest in all four seasons.
  
  
  
  
  

  Rutland, England

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  12 February

  My favourite plant last year was a rusty  coloured black eyed susie. A single plant in a large pot/ container nearly covered two fence panels.
  Who knows what it'll be this year?
  PS when does a large pot become a container?

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• dappledshade Posts: 1,017

  13 February

  Fire said:

  My C. Cream Crocus is a few days off blooming
  

  Please post pics.

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• coccinella Posts: 1,428

  14 February

  I am a little like @punkdoc, 😁. I do have great respect for those plants in my garden that give so much in return for very little work on my part. But if I think about which plant would be most upsetting to lose I would say the amelanchier and the holly tree.

  
  Luxembourg

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• LunarSea Posts: 1,923

  14 February

  coccinella said:

  I do have great respect for those plants in my garden that give so much in return for very little work on my part.

  
  Yes indeed. For me top spot in that category is Persicaria affinis 'Darjeeling Red'. It thrives on a north-facing slope that only gets prolonged sun on a summer afternoon. All in the first photo is from a single plant and it will flower from May right through to November.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And a discovery of recent years is Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton' which likes our well-drained beds in the sunny front garden. Could not be without it now.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 
  
  I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  14 February

  @LunarSea, I'm sure I've seen photos of your lovely garden before but you weren't called Lunar Sea then. Have you changed your name?

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• Escarpment Posts: 53

  15 February

  My beautiful silver birches, planted by the previous owner of my house about 50 years ago. I am forever thankful to him. I'm scared that if I ever sold my house, the next owners would cut them down.
  
  

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• LunarSea Posts: 1,923

  15 February

  Busy-Lizzie said:

  @LunarSea, I'm sure I've seen photos of your lovely garden before but you weren't called Lunar Sea then. Have you changed your name?

  
  I did yes, a couple of years ago. I borrowed a tongue-in-cheek name from @didyw's husband. Haven't paid him any royalties yet  

  Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 
  
  I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  

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