What plants would you not have in the garden?

I'm not a fan of crocuses because they always seem to wither after it rains.

 

PS I think hydrangeas are all right in the West Country, where the acid soil keeps them a clear powder blue. Here, on chalky soil, they are a horrible dirty pink (unless you keep treating them).

 

Yeah, they look brilliant in West Wales.

I also loathe those dumpy, red, uniform bedding salvias, can't see any way of making those look good, and I don't think I'll change my mind. I would never plant colchicums because I don't like the way they sprawl about feebly.

I did take against petunias for a long while but i like them again now, but not the two-coloured blowsy ones with a star in the middle. And preferably not prettifying a venerable old vernacular buiding.

 

Himilayan balsam!!

 

Ditto. They lay down & dont't get up. I don't buy any more. Just let those already installed do their thing (for a couple of days)

 

Ground Elder, bindweed and couch grass, but unfortunately they love my garden too much:(

 

Ditto.

When we first moved here, the sycamore was in the corner of a huge garden, subsequently the property was sold, the old house demolished, the ground cleared and 10 houses built. 'They' (whoever 'they' are/were) decided that building houses was OK but you couldn't go chopping down every tree just to do it, so they slapped preservation orders on the trees and, when the builders then put up garden fences, they carefully left this tree in it's very own little bit of no man's land - thus no-one seems to own it, everyone's afraid to do anything about it, it covers my garden with seeds - 99% of which seem to germinate overnight - it shades my greenhouse, it's leaves won't even rot down and make decent leafmould and it's a constant battle to keep the guttering on the greenhouse and Mr. F'smum's workshop clear.

On the up-side, judicious use of extending tree loppers/pruners does result in some useful plant supports!

 

Dig the little seedlings up and put them in pots. Give to your enemies with a smile on your face

 

Hi Shiney,

You helped change my absolute dislike of hydrangeas.
The white Annabelle (?) one you posted during the summer made me hate them a little less. :D

Its the only one I ever liked.

Those lace caps are so dowdy looking and their leaves are unattractive too. Even the mop heads look better off the bush! They can look good in a single colour arrangement.

 

I've googled SBK - and found Seduction by Kamal

Why the Drill???

 

I think Leylandi can cause a lot of bad feeling with other people.It is a common divide between peoples gardens.So not a good thing for some people.
Anything with prickles is good as it catches any unwanted people in your garden no matter how it spreads.
Bindweed is a pain as it gets everywhere.
BG