I am not keen on any plant cut into a lolly pop shape, but maybe they suit town houses, they would look silly in the country side where plants look better growing naturally.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I find it hard to throw anything out, even the bergenia that never flowers. Japanese anemones aren't invasive here, probably too hot in Dordogne summers. Anemone White Swan that Verdun likes so much just dies.
On the first page Verdun mentioned Salvia Hot Lips, Penstemons and Day Lilies as plants to throw out, I love them all and they do well here. Hosta mentioned Summer Bedding, I love that too planted in pots around the house and filling in gaps where the tulips were in the beds. Someone mentioned not liking Michaelmas Daisies, I love them too, great for autumn colour.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I love anything that grows for me. Due to altitude and climate up here I am lucky for anything to grow. Always in the clouds and very damp. There is not a time, ever when we can sit on the grass.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Stinging nettles, thistles and brambles in the flower beds, Hosta! Don't care for Virginia Creeper, it's rampant here, so is ivy, both have even popped up in the vegetable garden.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Didn't know it was called that, Jo. So I looked it up and so it is! The site I saw said "All parts of the plant are poisonous, causing violent vomiting and delirium." Like it even less now! Sorry.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
isn't it a good job we don't all like (or dislike) the same things! I have struggled to get pink double japanese anemones to grow, they re so beautiful, but its the Phygelius which is for the chop. It spreads by runners and pops up in places where I can't get at it without ripping myself to shreds on Buff Beauty. I have planted some in the Languedoc, high up above the house in the rockface so that you have to look up into it's flowers, and that's OK, but here in cold, wet England my OH has had to take an axe to the enormous root.
As for plastic plants - well I suppose it alerts us to the fact that a gardener does not live in that house!
I don't really like pink single Jap. anemones , they crowd out my front garden which is small. Are they good for wildlife, seed heads stay Insitu for a long time.
I bought a white swan variety from reputable company at Harrogate spring show. It died. Disappointed.
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I am not keen on any plant cut into a lolly pop shape, but maybe they suit town houses, they would look silly in the country side where plants look better growing naturally.
Plastic box balls
I find it hard to throw anything out, even the bergenia that never flowers. Japanese anemones aren't invasive here, probably too hot in Dordogne summers. Anemone White Swan that Verdun likes so much just dies.
On the first page Verdun mentioned Salvia Hot Lips, Penstemons and Day Lilies as plants to throw out, I love them all and they do well here. Hosta mentioned Summer Bedding, I love that too planted in pots around the house and filling in gaps where the tulips were in the beds. Someone mentioned not liking Michaelmas Daisies, I love them too, great for autumn colour.
I love anything that grows for me. Due to altitude and climate up here I am lucky for anything to grow. Always in the clouds and very damp. There is not a time, ever when we can sit on the grass.
come on BL, spill the beans!
You can't love everything
Stinging nettles, thistles and brambles in the flower beds, Hosta! Don't care for Virginia Creeper, it's rampant here, so is ivy, both have even popped up in the vegetable garden.
Thought of something I hate as Jo posted a pic on a current thread. It's Helleborus foetidus - find it really ugly.
Didn't know it was called that, Jo. So I looked it up and so it is! The site I saw said "All parts of the plant are poisonous, causing violent vomiting and delirium." Like it even less now! Sorry.
isn't it a good job we don't all like (or dislike) the same things! I have struggled to get pink double japanese anemones to grow, they re so beautiful, but its the Phygelius which is for the chop. It spreads by runners and pops up in places where I can't get at it without ripping myself to shreds on Buff Beauty. I have planted some in the Languedoc, high up above the house in the rockface so that you have to look up into it's flowers, and that's OK, but here in cold, wet England my OH has had to take an axe to the enormous root.
As for plastic plants - well I suppose it alerts us to the fact that a gardener does not live in that house!
I bought a white swan variety from reputable company at Harrogate spring show. It died. Disappointed.