On Saturday, September 14, 2013 4:42:59 AM UTC-7, Farm1 wrote:
"Higgs Boson" wrote in message

On Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:37:23 PM UTC-7, Farm1 wrote:

"Higgs Boson" wrote in message



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I just LOVE this shrub!







I really dislike all the hebes.







I do like a particular parahebe that I have in my garden but i've never

yet



beena ble to fin dout what its proper name is. I plant that parahebe



through my garden a lot and have also givne away lots of baby plants from



then.







I've successfully managed to kill all the hebes that people have given me



after first saying thinks and trying to look grateful.



Could you post WHY you don't like them?



Dunno. I just don't and I really have no real idea why I don't like them.

It's not the least bit logical because as you say they are reasonable tough

and look reasonably presentable to most gardeners and they flower. I just

don't like them.



I'm also not fond of tulips but love daffodils.



I remember once being asked why I didn't like tulips and my auto response

was that they were stiff and formal looking. Luckily the person who asked

the question didn't press me because I later realised that daffodils could

equally be described as being stiff and formal. I also don't really like

camellias but do have some in the garden (not planted by me, nor looked

after by me yet they still manage to survive)



And if possible, what varieties were the ones you got rid of?





Sorry Higgs. To do that i'd needed to have taken note of them rather than

to have just shoved them in the ground in a distant spot and then not

visited them again for many months had passed, I've done in 2 of them that

way. Onee was a tiny, miniature looking one but that is the closest I can

get to a name or description.



I once gave a friend a Euphorbia (because I love them) and she planted it in

a place where she thought it would die and it is THE biggest, healthiest and

lush looking euphorbia that I've ever seen, I'm jealous and she's

smoldering because she didn't manage to kill it.

ok. thanks for (reasonable) reply. Tastes differ. I was just afraid there was some kind of weird..I dunno...

Interesting the pros & cons of loving/hating plants!

talk about love/hate! I had Hibiscus in a long planter bed on the W. side of the house. Lovely flowers. But PLAGUED with Whitefly! I tried *everything*. No luck. Finally had to give up & tear them out.

Meantime, another Hibiscus (sorry didn't note down either variety) on the N.side of the house has been roaring along for decades. Not so many flowers,
but also not a hint of Whitefly. Go figure!

HB