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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Oliveview on May 01, 2008, 17:09

Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: Oliveview on May 01, 2008, 17:09
I think the ornamental cabbage plants are terrible :shock:  And gardinia smell dreadful.  We once had a plant come up- right by the step, so we always brushed past it and  it really smelt bad.  I was going on a coach trip to Dixter to see the gardens and I told another person on the coach about the plant- she asked if it smelt of BO and I said yes, she said it´s common name was Smelly Armpit and it was part of the Salvia family.  When we got to Dixter there was a hedge almost of it, right at the back of the flower bed so you couldn´t brush against it.  To get rid of the plant I had to cover the plant with a bin bag and pull it up then put the bin bag inside another 2 bin bags before the smell was masked :shock:  
Pamela
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: compostqueen on May 01, 2008, 19:09
I agree about ornamental cabbages and I hate pampas grass, well in gardens that are too small for it that is  :D
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: Oliveview on May 01, 2008, 20:43
Another to add to the do not like list is the bizzy lizzie, nice in the house but in the flower bed/basket????? UGH
Pamela
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: gobs on May 01, 2008, 21:05
I'm not a fan of ornamental cabbage either, or pampass grass for that matter, and yes, there are a lot of plants, that irritate your nose, it was the flowering currant that had to go first, when we moved, as it smelled of urine to me any time I went outside, nearby it. I first did blame the dog for a long while. :oops:

Next is cotton lavender flowers, ooh. And then, I hate the stink of marigolds a lot, too. :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: chimaera on May 02, 2008, 16:59
There was a question on Gardeners' Question Time once "where is the best place to grow pampas grass?" to which the reply from one of the panel was "Argentina". I agree.

Charlie
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: gus on May 02, 2008, 17:38
I hate crocosmia and it's been in every garden i have had. ( what's the chances of that :!: ) Luckily it's not on my allotment. :D
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: compostqueen on May 02, 2008, 17:46
I love the red crocosmia Lucifer and my mate has a yellow one which looks fab. The common ones are a bit annoying when you get too many (like I have )  :D
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: gus on May 02, 2008, 21:05
I only had the ordinary ones, maybe if I had some of the new varieties I would have liked them. :lol:
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: peapod on May 02, 2008, 22:22
though I like smaller cordylines I hate the huge ones in the middle of a paved garden with no other plants around
Pampas grass should be outlawed :-)
as should rhododendron, a lot of species have caused so much harm to our woodland and park areas - though not all
geraniums, because I cant grow them indoors, but the wild ones have taken over my 2 beds where I just about to plant veg
emerald trees because I always kill them, though they are beautiful, in fact they were my first plant
cheese plants - erm cheesy :-)
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: shaun on May 02, 2008, 23:30
roses  :evil:
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: gobs on May 02, 2008, 23:32
Quote from: "shaun"
roses  :evil:


 :roll:  :roll:
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: peapod on May 02, 2008, 23:35
ah roses...gotta agree with that too...bored to the back teeth of em! prepare to be shot at dawn
 :tongue2:
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: shaun on May 02, 2008, 23:43
Quote from: "gobs"
Quote from: "shaun"
roses  :evil:


 :roll:  :roll:


i am entitled to my own opinion gobby  :wink: i just dont like em
Title: What flowering plants or garden plants do you dislike?
Post by: Kiwi on May 03, 2008, 00:23
Quote from: "shaun"
roses  :evil:
Oh I agree! When we moved into this house, before I felt it was 'mine' I kept coming across roses in the undergrowth. I lost count of the thorns I got in my hands. Eventually I realised that it was my garden and I could take them out if I wanted! So I did!! Just left a few lovely ones, which I admit to tending to within an inch of their lives!

But no, not my favourite things.