I adore the bright yellow crocus which opened for the 1st time today, I was so pleased to see it against the cold brown mud I nearly cried. Spring is coming at last!
I love to see the snowdrops growing up through the soil. My favourite plant is the himalayan poppy, but so far i have been very unsucsessful in trying to grow it.
I love the spire growing plants;hyssop, veronica, veronicastrum, foxgloves. I love the smellies; mock orange, phlox, sarcococca.I love the troublefree plants like euphorbia. I love my ivy bush because my robin lives in it.I love the cheerful coloured stems of the dogwoods in winter.I love my quince tree because of the fruit.
I love ferns, in particular the way they unferl there fronds - beautiful. A new favourite of mine is Scabious - Butterfly Blue as I bought 3 last June and they have flowered non-stop ever since, even through the snow! There flowers seem to glow in the late evening summer sun.
Dahlias in all their variety,lavendar for it's perfume,snowdrops as they come through along with the crocus to prove nature really is wonderful, camelia, we have two bushes outside our bedroom window which provide shelter for dozens of roosting sparrows who start chattering as soon as the sun heaves up over the horizon. The only thing I miss out here in France is the 2foot thick stone wall which my greenhouse leant against, my geraniums went on the top shelf until Spring, I've lost them all again this Winter, ah-well back to the drawing board.
My absolute favorite since I was a child gardening, is Godetia grandiflora.I once grew a 20ft border was just those in it.Stunning! I agree with you about Callicarpa bodinieri.var.giraldii,the berries on it very beautiful.I am not a lover of purple colour in the garden but these,and iris,I make an exception for.Also I adore aquilegia.The more the better in the garden!
I love most plants but especially Roses Peonies,Dicentra Spectabilis Alba, Hellebores,Tete a Tete,Clematis etc etc I absolutely hate "Elephants Ears" and cannot stand the smell of Sweet Peas and you will not find any red flowers in my garden
I'm with most of the others - liking different things at different times of the year. Am rather fond of the first of each genus - the 1st snowdrop, early daffs, tulips, hyacinths etc because they herald spring & lengthening/warmer days, when all the foliage seems fresh & new.
I also love blossom-time on apples, pears, prunus.
Then I keep buying lilies for their gloriously large flowers & knockout scent, even though I have to keep them in pots & hunt/destroy lily-beetles every day!
And finally, like Dahlia lover, I enjoy growing Dahlias from seed. They don't seem to need too much help & it's always a late-colour surprise because for some reason I can only find mixed-colour packets.
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like euphorbia. I love my ivy bush because my robin lives in it.I love the cheerful coloured stems of the dogwoods in winter.I love my quince tree because of the fruit.
I agree with you about Callicarpa bodinieri.var.giraldii,the berries on it very beautiful.I am not a lover of purple colour in the garden but these,and iris,I make an exception for.Also I adore aquilegia.The more the better in the garden!
Am rather fond of the first of each genus - the 1st snowdrop, early daffs, tulips, hyacinths etc because they herald spring & lengthening/warmer days, when all the foliage seems fresh & new.
I also love blossom-time on apples, pears, prunus.
Then I keep buying lilies for their gloriously large flowers & knockout scent, even though I have to keep them in pots & hunt/destroy lily-beetles every day!
And finally, like Dahlia lover, I enjoy growing Dahlias from seed. They don't seem to need too much help & it's always a late-colour surprise because for some reason I can only find mixed-colour packets.