It's Magnolia's for me, I must have tried five or six over the last few years and every one has croaked it.
To make things worse, there's an enormous one further down the street with masses of flowers every spring. No excuses about the climate, it's me killing them all.
Montbretias/crocosmias, Chinese lanterns and anything too nesh to cope with a serious winter so no evergreen viburnums or eleagnus or salvias or clematis alpina, macropetala or montana.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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It's Magnolia's for me, I must have tried five or six over the last few years and every one has croaked it.
To make things worse, there's an enormous one further down the street with masses of flowers every spring. No excuses about the climate, it's me killing them all.
Japanese anemone and Lily of the valley. Both renowned as being invasive but just turn into compost for me!
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Oh Bob I thought I was the only one with the JAs. I really like them too. I wouldn't care if it was some old manky thing.
Coreopsis.......something eats them - think its meeces
Hoorah!
Bravo HC, bravo!
Montbretias/crocosmias, Chinese lanterns and anything too nesh to cope with a serious winter so no evergreen viburnums or eleagnus or salvias or clematis alpina, macropetala or montana.
I lost a blueberry this year. Planted in a pot in ericaceous compost - showed such promise and then turned red/rust and shuffled its mortal coil.
There's one part of the garden I can't grow Raspberries.
currants will grow.