General Chat

to grow in your garden.
I like all flowers, but prefer some over others. The ones I like particularly are Lupins, Aqualigas, Poppies of all kinds, Peonys,Hollyhocks and Foxgloves for height, aswell as some of lesser importance to my layout.
What are yours.

Julia in Derbyshire

Cauliflowers! :-D :-D

I like all of yours Julia. I love to see a wild flower meadow.
I don't like showy bedding plants.

Daffs are one of my best favourites because they are the first joyful colour of the year.

Love Aquilegia, roses, clematis, surfina petunias, fuchsias (see I can't name a favourite have to have all these) But spring flowers -daffs, primroses, Helebores, and tulips I love as well. :-D

anything will grow where I live, but because of the high humidity some things go mouldy (eg roses)

So we stick to the tropical/subtropical plants, have lots of orchids, helaconia, ginger etc..... and Australian natives

What a shame that plants go moudly, that hadn't occurred to me about high humidity.

I love hot weather but find Humid heat very draining. Is it like that all the time? How do you cope with it?

I have always loved flowers, even from a small child.
I particularly like spring flowers, violets, primroses, bluebells, cowslips, which we used to pick in the woods.
Also love most of the cottage garden plants, pinks , sweet peas, sweet william lupins, delphiniums, helibores, phlox. The only flowers i am not keen on are bold brash dahlias, chrysant's.!!

Sue

Phew, sorry for late reply. I have just been planting up yet another Clematis in a very large pot to grow over trellis. You can never have too many of these, and I practically buy one every time I am out.LOL
Yes, I too like the Spring flowers and the Daffs and Crocus.
ISLAND, not sure about Cauliflowers in my flower tubs etc, but I have been known to plant Oranamental Cabbages in the Sun Lounge window boxes.
ANN, I love the Surfinias and Petunias in the hanging baskets aswell as Fuchsias and Geraniums.
SUE, I like your choice aswell, and have five containers of Sweet Peas all around the garden. And like you, I am not enamoured by Dahlias and Chrysanths.
At the end of the day, they all look lovely.

Julia in Derbyshire

I like most flowers (apart from impatiens and polyanthas), but my very faves are Cannas (probably what Island considers a showy bedding plant, he he!) I overwinter them in my greenhouse and I'm champing at the bit to plant them out now, but it's too bloomin' cold. I buy one new variety each year.

Oops, and I love most dahlias (sorry Sue!) They went out of fashion for a few years, but I think they're well back in now. A particular favourite is called 'Café au Lait'.

SCOZZIE, I wish I could grow Orchids, but I am an absolute falure at it. I have tried three times over the years to grow them indoors and failed miserably.
WEND, now Cannas, now your talking. Absolutely loverly. I have a few. But when buying a pot, it has to be the Calla Lilly for me.
Really though, I am a devil for buying pots of anything that takes my fancy, in that line.

Julia in Derbyshire

Poppies and Roses and any Clematis except Nellie Moser :-D

I think my favourite flower has to be Lily Of the Valley , lovely perfume from such a tiny flower !!

I have some thing growing in the garden and we don't know what it is ,we're waiting to see if it flowers , some one said it looks like Poppies ,some one else said it looks like it could be from the Dandelion family .

Would be just my luck i'am looking after a Dandelion
:-D :-D

I like most flowers, primarily Roses , but I do like the ones which you can pick and have in the home,I even like some weeds which sometimes have pretty flowers on and lots of scented shrubs.plus the inevitable Cat Mint. :-D :-D.

Wend, I had to look up Cannas. By showy bedding I meant things like geraniums, ones with too much brash colour and not enough green on show.
I like to see lots of greenery and dots of colour.

I am quite fascinated by the formation of pompom dahlias :-0 :-D

Weeds Merlin? I hope you're not maligning our wild flowers :-0 I much prefer them to over blown hybrids.

I love snowdrops as they remind me of my Nan, and red poppys remind me of grandad so there are quite a few of them in my ickle garden......
Also I ike delphiums, fuschia, and lavender for the bees, I bought 3 clematis at the weekend and have just planted, :-) :-)

My all time favourite is Longi Lillies and Freesias. I much prefer Hostas and Ferns.

Carol

There are some nasties about Island which spread very fast, they,re a pest. However another one I like is a Tree Peonys,They,re a devil to grow but once settled are great. bye the way Who,s that Manic Woman on Wends Page? looks dangerous to me. :-D :-D ;-)

I didn't know Island has spreading nasties Merlin - she seemed OK last time I saw her ;-) :-D

Aqualegia - all over my garden, even in between the paving cracks. Same with blue violets - everywhere!!

For those of you who haven't come across Daphne Odora, this is the most heavily scented flower - fantastic and last from late Feb through to now!!

I adore Freesias, have Lily of the Valley everywhere, Hollyhock, poppies, polyanthus, - love pinks and carnations - also have Sweet William which remind me of my Dad - he always grew them

Love chrysanthemums too!! adore the smell

I like most flowers , but my favourites are pansies .sweet pea (cos they were my dads fav ) chrysanthemum /dahlias and roses
i have some lovely roses climbing up my fence bought them just last summer and they are doing very well :-D

mustn't forget my rambling rose - Arthur Bell - bright yellow with pink tinges and the most wonderful smell, and so many roses on a single plant - nearly 100 last year and stacks of buds now on the point of opening