Plants you really wouldn't have in your garden

There are a number of plants I have a dislike of and will not give space to.
What are yours. Note dislike does not have to be rational.
Hebes can't stand them, nor phormiums, anything variegated.
Posh green lawns that require no end of maintenance.
Symphoricarpos, Privet, Lonicera nitidia, Syringa vulgaris, laurels. Blousy hydrangeas and Dutch crocuses that appear to have been on steroids. I'm sure more will come to mind.

 

Phormium, Cordyline, Azalea, Rhododendron, Laurel, Stinking Iris….

 

Quite a list there, @NigelJ . For me, striped, manicured lawns, come to mind. Plus anything that needs excessive fussing over.

 

It’s quite a difficult question as I think it can depend on circumstances and location.

I wouldnt buy a lilac, but was delighted to inherit a mature one when we moved in. It reminds me of childhood and as it’s here, I am happy for it to stay especially as we have lots of room.

I also don’t like the Euonymus fortunei Emerald ‘n’ Gold but inherited one which gives a good bit of screening so have kept it. It’s now fairly inconspicuous amongst the rest of the screening.

I don’t like and would never buy hyacinths. I really don't like lollipops/standard trained plants with the exception of bay.

I also don’t like cherry trees with deep pink blossom, it has to be white, cream or the palest of pinks

I can quite admire these in other peoples gardens but not mine, thank you very much

 

I'm quite liberal with plant choice and the things I grow changes every year as I use them to learn mostly. For me it is more styles of gardening I don't like, I'm not a topiary fan and I don't like anything regimental. Apart from that I'm quite easy going as long as it can't be described as blousy (more floppy flowers that can't support themselves, I don't mind things like camellias) or have a leaf that looks like a bird poo'd on it.

 

Not keen on most herbaceous perennials, look ok in flower sometimes but most of the time they are either just not there or look a sorry dead mess.

 

I’m with you re plants with bird-poo leaves and those which look (to me) as if their diseased- spotty laurels been a good example

I like my variegation orderly, a stripe or contrasting edges

 

Oh goodness, that’s cut quite a swathe through the garden

 

I don't really dislike any plants, but there are many I wouldn't have because they're too big, or need attention I can't give them etc.
However, although I have no dislike of grasses, I'm not keen on manicured lawns, lawns look better if they've got daisies or spring bulbs growing through them, and also if they're of ungeometrical shapes ...

 

Not really I prefer shrubs of all sizes that are there all the time, ones that flower are obviously better.

 

Begonias, Petunias, Cordylines, Photinia "Red Robin".

 

Whatever is brave enough to grow in my garden is very welcome. Well, maybe not mare’s tail.

 

Vinca major, Wild Garlic and Bindweed I like my lawn areas with their Daisies and Clover. I would never willingly have regimented rows of annuals/perennials or any "lollypop" shrubs or trees.
There are so many new varieties of everything these days which I would actively avoid - mainly due to their colour.
Some plants which you inherit when taking over a new garden "grow on you" altho you wouldn't have planted them yourself.

 

Bergenia in my case. Can't imagine ever buying it, but it does a good job of clothing part of my steep shady slope.

 

I’m just grateful for any plant that will grow in my shallow, sandy soil…………… apart from anything that flops, needs staking, leans towards the sun, harbours or attracts slugs or snails or encroaches on my garden from next door . No pastel colours allowed either.