I was just about to write about my dislike of Lupins but having read Sue's post now feel bad about doing so. I bought one this year, it was pretty (so I can see why you like them) but it needs acidic soil and got nibbled by slugs. Basically it just sat in the pot because I didn't want to put it in the ground due to slugs and stayed there until it died. They look nice but I'll definitely be enjoying other people's and not my own next year.
Absolutely love Dahlia's though, I seeded some too this year and ended up with masses of them (very high germination rate).
Obelixx normally I don't do orange either - I even gave my Geum Totally Tangerine to Wonky as it was too orange ... but I just love this begonia - it works really well near our blue garden seat.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like euphorbia. It the green flowers brighten the spring garden. The glaucous leaves provide a good foil for summer flowers. Its self-seeding habit means it fills in the gaps.. nothing eats it . Unwanted seedlings easy to recognise and pull out.
I couldn't be without euphorbias, so much winter interest when everything is dead.
I'm so over summer and spring bulbs in the beds. I'm going to put them all in large pots this year and they can dazzle when they come up in spring and go round the back of the shed to die off instead of blighting the beds with their brown leaves for weeks on end.
Agree with petunias, the mini one's are better but the deadheading is irritating at times but the worst part is when the rain caves them in e.g. all the rain throughout June & today. Asters have been confined to pots after this Spring having found slug eggs inside as they emerge from the bed. I'm really impressed by my perennial & annual fuchsia's this year & hanging basket lobelia's.
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Im not a fan of most begonias, but I adore this one, bought to give a bit of pizazz to our newly acquired Sunny Corner.
How can you fail to love that?
i love it so much I've put it in the studio to protect it from the stormy weather weve been promised.
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I was just about to write about my dislike of Lupins but having read Sue's post now feel bad about doing so. I bought one this year, it was pretty (so I can see why you like them) but it needs acidic soil and got nibbled by slugs. Basically it just sat in the pot because I didn't want to put it in the ground due to slugs and stayed there until it died. They look nice but I'll definitely be enjoying other people's and not my own next year.
Absolutely love Dahlia's though, I seeded some too this year and ended up with masses of them (very high germination rate).
Dove - not only is it a begonia but it's orange! I'm off orange too at the mo.
Love lupins but they are martyrs to slugs and don't like my alkaline soil here either.
I shall be sowing dahlias next spring and loads of other stuff that wouldn't stand the winters here.
Obelixx
normally I don't do orange either - I even gave my Geum Totally Tangerine to Wonky as it was too orange ... but I just love this begonia - it works really well near our blue garden seat. 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I might let you off Dove - but not just yet. 7 coats covering this lot - and at least one more coat needed - means I'm off blue with orange too
I like euphorbia. It the green flowers brighten the spring garden. The glaucous leaves provide a good foil for summer flowers. Its self-seeding habit means it fills in the gaps.. nothing eats it . Unwanted seedlings easy to recognise and pull out.
OK the sap stings but so do chillies.
I couldn't be without euphorbias, so much winter interest when everything is dead.
I'm so over summer and spring bulbs in the beds. I'm going to put them all in large pots this year and they can dazzle when they come up in spring and go round the back of the shed to die off instead of blighting the beds with their brown leaves for weeks on end.
I forgot to mention winter flowering pansies - rubbish. They don't flower in winter, they just sit in the hanging basket looking dead
Agree with petunias, the mini one's are better but the deadheading is irritating at times but the worst part is when the rain caves them in e.g. all the rain throughout June & today. Asters have been confined to pots after this Spring having found slug eggs inside as they emerge from the bed. I'm really impressed by my perennial & annual fuchsia's this year & hanging basket lobelia's.