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what are your garden pet hates?
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:20:45 +0100, Sacha
wrote: Forsythia, bizzy lizzies, annual salvias, Calceolarias, 'cute' garden ornaments, ditto the Chrysanths and EE glads, (though I have a fondness for some Dahlias) Oh yes if your mean 'Bishop of Llandaff' plus related varieties and species such as Dahlia merckii, I'll go with that. Cupressus leylandii, Urghh! not mad about marigolds, Me neither - hate them monkey puzzle trees. So we can't persuade you to buy a 5 footer we have growing in the grounds of our training centre then? Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
what are your garden pet hates?
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:20:45 +0100, Sacha
wrote: Forsythia, bizzy lizzies, annual salvias, Calceolarias, 'cute' garden ornaments, ditto the Chrysanths and EE glads, (though I have a fondness for some Dahlias) Oh yes if your mean 'Bishop of Llandaff' plus related varieties and species such as Dahlia merckii, I'll go with that. Cupressus leylandii, Urghh! not mad about marigolds, Me neither - hate them monkey puzzle trees. So we can't persuade you to buy a 5 footer we have growing in the grounds of our training centre then? Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
what are your garden pet hates?
On 27/6/04 15:32, in article ,
"Dave Poole" wrote: On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:20:45 +0100, Sacha wrote: Forsythia, bizzy lizzies, annual salvias, Calceolarias, 'cute' garden ornaments, ditto the Chrysanths and EE glads, (though I have a fondness for some Dahlias) Oh yes if your mean 'Bishop of Llandaff' plus related varieties and species such as Dahlia merckii, I'll go with that. I like The Bishop and also some of the rather show offy cactus type Dahlias, depending on colour. At present, we have Engelhardt's Matador blooming in the garden and it's rather spectacular. VERY bright pinky purply blooms with dark foliage - striking is a good word for that one! Cupressus leylandii, Urghh! not mad about marigolds, Me neither - hate them monkey puzzle trees. So we can't persuade you to buy a 5 footer we have growing in the grounds of our training centre then? You'll have to ask himself. ;-) Can you imagine digging that up and transporting it! Recently, someone bought the very largest tree fern that we didn't desperately want to sell but ---- It was near enough 15' tall and the chap who bought it brought one of those small crane things to get it onto his truck. Matt says to tell you we have that Chusquea if you still want it, BTW. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds after garden to email me) |
what are your garden pet hates?
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from "Brian" contains these words: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message gWhDc.104$%m5.81@newsfe4-gui from "Sue" contains these words: I have a small garden so my pet hate is bare soil! That's okay Sue..bare soil in a large garden is even more horrible ;-) Janet ------------------------ I have never been more convinced that all correspondents disliking any flowering plant or colour combination are simply 'extracting the Michael'!! Surely, there is nothing to compare with a flower or flowers in any combination? A simple fresh flower can have no competition and searching for new floral experiences is a pastime without peer. You don't convince me~~ Wot, not even by our sneaky tactic of not mentioning flowers or colours? Doh. Janet |
what are your garden pet hates?
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:14:09 +0100, Kay
wrote: ~In article , Brian Watson writes ~ ~"Just Molly" wrote in message ~news:Nw0Dc.68$6r.49@newsfe2-win... ~ I hate lawns. Huge expanses of nothingness however well cared for they ~are. ~ I also hate neatly cut edges and borders with alternating blue and white ~ lobelia and red salvias. ~ ~I have taken up all my lawns as I no longer see the point of growing work. ~ ~I have an intense antipathy to ivy, but am winning on that front at the ~moment, and bindweed comes a close second. ~ ~Oh, bindweed's OK, especially if you are lucky enough to have the one ~with big pink striped flowers instead of white. And it's very satisfying ~to pull out whole tangled ropes of it. ~ ~The little scented pink bindweed is lovely. yer what?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please, come and take all pink bindweed you can find out of my lottie!!!!! I'll make you cups of tea/coffee/whisk(e)y or whatever! (But you have to promise to take all of it) :) -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
what are your garden pet hates?
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Brian" contains these words: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message gWhDc.104$%m5.81@newsfe4-gui from "Sue" contains these words: I have a small garden so my pet hate is bare soil! That's okay Sue..bare soil in a large garden is even more horrible ;-) Janet ------------------------ I have never been more convinced that all correspondents disliking any flowering plant or colour combination are simply 'extracting the Michael'!! Surely, there is nothing to compare with a flower or flowers in any combination? A simple fresh flower can have no competition and searching for new floral experiences is a pastime without peer. You don't convince me~~ Wot, not even by our sneaky tactic of not mentioning flowers or colours? Doh. Janet ---------- I know you didn't but many did. Even Sacha, of all people. Many others, from Abelia to Zinnias~~{ My father told me a million times not to exaggerate!} Plastic labels are OK~~ if I can find the pencil! Brian |
what are your garden pet hates?
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In article , jane jane@moonrose. demonmapson.co.uk writes On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:14:09 +0100, Kay wrote: ~ ~The little scented pink bindweed is lovely. yer what?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please, come and take all pink bindweed you can find out of my lottie!!!!! I'll make you cups of tea/coffee/whisk(e)y or whatever! (But you have to promise to take all of it) But I can't take advantage of you like that! Tell you what - in return, I'll give you all of my Alchemilla mollis. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
what are your garden pet hates?
"Kay" wrote in message ... In article , jane jane@moonrose. demonmapson.co.uk writes On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:14:09 +0100, Kay wrote: ~ ~The little scented pink bindweed is lovely. yer what?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please, come and take all pink bindweed you can find out of my lottie!!!!! I'll make you cups of tea/coffee/whisk(e)y or whatever! (But you have to promise to take all of it) But I can't take advantage of you like that! Tell you what - in return, I'll give you all of my Alchemilla mollis. Yes. Decisively the second most prolific weed in my garden, next to dandelions. One plant of it is a beauty to behold, but the status quo fades into the past at a rapid rate. And the garden centres charge nearly a fiver for an innocuous looking little specimen. My original plant has now lived in a 12" pot for 6 years without any feeding or watering and it still blooms magnificently. Franz |
what are your garden pet hates?
"Just Molly" wrote in
news:Z51Dc.78$6r.32@newsfe2-win: Hmmm, this isn't working very well is it? I didn't really mean what garden pests don't you like as nobody likes garden pests. I *meant* what garden features or plant do you dislike. You know how you drive past a garden and think, oh that's just *awful* to look at. or bloody hell how naff, or My god are they *colour blind*! I really don't dislike any gardening style as long as it's done with commitment - and not in *my* garden. Whether it's massed bedding or a deck or blue woodwork or dahlias or whatever, I love to see gardening done wholeheartedly and with character. I think my only pet hates are visibly half-done jobs - Hanging baskets planted up, but not watered properly. Trees staked then left to strangle. Weed killer'd areas all dead but not cleared. If you are going to only do half the job, I always feel it looks so much better if you don't even start! (In my own garden, I hate pink, but I certainly don't wince when I see someone else's borders full of it.) Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
what are your garden pet hates?
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 07:56:24 +0000 (UTC), Franz Heymann wrote:
"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in message ... Try the combination in one of my big planters this year: a soft orange osteospermum predominates, but is molested by a lapis lazuli anagallis, bright yellow sanvitalia, brilliant red callibrachoas, a fluorescent-magenta phlox (and a matching callibrachoa), and one or two other items carefully chosen to give maximum clash. Yee-haw! Ride'm cowboy! Hey, Rodger, how big is that planter? Ceramic, square, probably Chinese or Vietnamese manufacture, about 2' high and 15 " to 18" square. Beautiful cloudy soft gray-green glaze. Modern, not old. The whole thing is a riff on the "hanging basket" concept, and is therefore planted quite thickly with "basket stuffers". When you do this, you *must* be generous with both water and fertilizer to get the best results. -- Rodger Whitlock, Victoria, BC, Canada "Listening to the [Opus Clavicembalisticum] is much like Mussolini is alleged to have reported about governing the Italians: it's not impossible, just POINTLESS." ----Jeffrey Friedman, 2004/06/24 |
what are your garden pet hates?
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:18:27 +0100, Kay
wrote: In article , writes Oh, I think it has a place. It's got one in my garden anyway. I prefer it to fences. I have tried for years to cover all ours. You would all probably dislike many of the plants in my garden, Why do you think that? None of the ones you mention are in the least like spotted laurel ;-) Thank you Kay. You often say kind things. Many people like my garden but there are a lot of hidden jems because I am not good at organising in the Spring and things I thought I had got rid of come back with a vengence e.g. meadow sweet or could be lemon balm. Now, what could I use that for ? There's also that great tall yellow daisy headed plant that seeds itself everywhere, even in my tubs. But I am getting better at getting rid of that. Diana |
what are your garden pet hates?
"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 07:56:24 +0000 (UTC), Franz Heymann wrote: "Rodger Whitlock" wrote in message ... Try the combination in one of my big planters this year: a soft orange osteospermum predominates, but is molested by a lapis lazuli anagallis, bright yellow sanvitalia, brilliant red callibrachoas, a fluorescent-magenta phlox (and a matching callibrachoa), and one or two other items carefully chosen to give maximum clash. Yee-haw! Ride'm cowboy! Hey, Rodger, how big is that planter? Ceramic, square, probably Chinese or Vietnamese manufacture, about 2' high and 15 " to 18" square. Beautiful cloudy soft gray-green glaze. Modern, not old. The whole thing is a riff on the "hanging basket" concept, and is therefore planted quite thickly with "basket stuffers". When you do this, you *must* be generous with both water and fertilizer to get the best results. It still sounds overplanted. But in a way I feel like emulating next year. Franz |
what are your garden pet hates?
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:42:41 +0100, VivienB
wrote: On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:08:30 +0100, "Just Molly" wrote: I hate lawns. Huge expanses of nothingness however well cared for they are. I also hate neatly cut edges and borders with alternating blue and white lobelia and red salvias. A 'gardener' who uses hedge trimmers to cut every single shrub in a largish garden (not ours - he wouldn't have lived another day if he did this here!) into the same 'hot air balloon' shape, all at the same time, regardless of spring/summer flowering, etc. I especially hate him for doing this to what was a lovely Amelanchier, one of my favourite shrubs. Regards, VivienB My next door neighbour does this with a Forsythia. He starts with his trimmers just at the time they would be getting full of flowers. Diana |
what are your garden pet hates?
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:39:04 +0100, "Joanne"
wrote: r, but I prefer a more haphazard style (in my personal appearance and housekeeping, as well as in my garden)!! Did you ever read that wonderful poem about When I get old I'll wear purple.... You reminded me of it with your last remark. Diana |
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