I have a problem with those ' bundle' plants that you get in the back of magazines and Sunday papers. They always contain the usual suspects, all of which have varying degrees of horribleness
My Forsythia came from my mum's garden, my Leycesteria formosa came by bird, I don't have a ceanothus and I chose my Spirea because it looked lovely. Bundle Schmundle!
Pp plants are a matter of personal taste , feelings and associations. I have several euphorbia, mostly because I like them and partly because a person that I dislike can't abide them. If my mum gave me a forsythia I would find a place for it too
Can't stand Forsythia x intermedia - horrid vivid yellow loo-brushes
but Forsythia suspensa is an elegant and beautiful shrub with delicate flowers, absolutely gorgeous underplanted with spring flowers in a woodland border and seen far too seldom. Love it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like a few stems in a vase but the actual plant is too - yellow. To me, it jars with the more subtle shades of spring. If it flowered in autumn, it would look good with the changing leaves.
I like a few stems in a vase but the actual plant is too - yellow. To me, it jars with the more subtle shades of spring. If it flowered in autumn, it would look good with the changing leaves.
That's the difference between F. suspensa and the F. x intermedia varieties - Suspensa is a much paler yellow with far fewer flowers on it's elegant weeping branches.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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So do I! Mum always said all my taste was in my mouth. Mind you, there are very few garden plants I can't love for one reason or another.
I have a problem with those ' bundle' plants that you get in the back of magazines and Sunday papers. They always contain the usual suspects, all of which have varying degrees of horribleness
My Forsythia came from my mum's garden, my Leycesteria formosa came by bird, I don't have a ceanothus and I chose my Spirea because it looked lovely. Bundle Schmundle!
Pp plants are a matter of personal taste , feelings and associations. I have several euphorbia, mostly because I like them and partly because a person that I dislike can't abide them. If my mum gave me a forsythia I would find a place for it too
I don't. It Just adds to their appeal
Can't stand Forsythia x intermedia - horrid vivid yellow loo-brushes
but Forsythia suspensa is an elegant and beautiful shrub with delicate flowers, absolutely gorgeous underplanted with spring flowers in a woodland border and seen far too seldom. Love it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like a few stems in a vase but the actual plant is too - yellow. To me, it jars with the more subtle shades of spring. If it flowered in autumn, it would look good with the changing leaves.
That's the difference between F. suspensa and the F. x intermedia varieties - Suspensa is a much paler yellow with far fewer flowers on it's elegant weeping branches.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.