I also found a sprirea in the garden when we moved here. I hacked it to pieces and it still grows but i must admit the hacking did it some good and it is rather pretty now. I also have the tiny daisy Erigeron and that grows everywhere which i love.It looks lovely all around my front door. Ive even noticed it has spread round the corner in to the next road.
My first reaction was Tellima grandiflora, which I accept is fine in certain shady spots but too much of a self-seeder even for me! I have reluctantly grown to appreciate it, & now cut off the flowers as soon as they start to go over & NEVER put them in my own compost bins, council recycling for them.
Large orange bedding begonias, so unnatural to me.
Paperwhite narcissus- ugh, the smell.
I do however wish that Anemone Honorine Jobert liked me/my garden. I have tried several times with it, but no joy. Easy to grow other Japanese Anemones, but not that one. J.
Japanese anenomes for me,they are everywhere,spreading across the gravel path and marching steadily towards the lawn,it,s a constant battle between me and them,just when I think I,ve won,up pops another.
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I also found a sprirea in the garden when we moved here. I hacked it to pieces and it still grows but i must admit the hacking did it some good and it is rather pretty now. I also have the tiny daisy Erigeron and that grows everywhere which i love.It looks lovely all around my front door. Ive even noticed it has spread round the corner in to the next road.
I've been thinking about this.
My first reaction was Tellima grandiflora, which I accept is fine in certain shady spots but too much of a self-seeder even for me! I have reluctantly grown to appreciate it, & now cut off the flowers as soon as they start to go over & NEVER put them in my own compost bins, council recycling for them.
Large orange bedding begonias, so unnatural to me.
Paperwhite narcissus- ugh, the smell.
I do however wish that Anemone Honorine Jobert liked me/my garden.
I have tried several times with it, but no joy. Easy to grow other Japanese Anemones, but not that one. J.
I also like Alchemila aka Ladies mantle. Seeds everywhere but it looks lovely with drops of water on the leaves and we do get plenty of drops of water
sedums,yuk,looks like broccoli which while yummy don't want as decorative.we had spirea too,dug it up to accomodate lawn
Pampas grass
I hate bindweed which winds itself all round my most loved plants. And stinging nettles which do their best to get me before I've noticed them.
Bamboo.
I've learnt to live with wild poppies, a case of I had to, their seeds lay dormant in the soil for up to ten years
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Japanese anenomes for me,they are everywhere,spreading across the gravel path and marching steadily towards the lawn,it,s a constant battle between me and them,just when I think I,ve won,up pops another.