Comments on: Which plants do you hate?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:41:24 +0000

Yes! I too hate pachysandra. I don’t care much for ligustrums either. Carnations are flowers for the dead and not joy. Impatiens are just awful. And ever since I had a rose growing boyfriend who dumped me because I got sick and gained weight, I am not remarkably fond of roses, though I still like the smell and some of the unique varieties but giving red roses is just too cliche’. About all the other plants mentioned here, I do agree are a bit tiresome, too. But then again I’ll even take them over a barren paved lot.

By: felicia

felicia — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:34:00 +0000

I have to agree in the juniper…it’s the worst. I pulled out a bed 20′x70′ and almost four feet high last year. Errgh.
Also, pachysandra. Miserable to get rid of. It’s been out of the ground since last May, yet it’s still green out in the woods where we threw it.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:40:09 +0000

I’m likely to get kicked out of the Midwest altogether for this, but I HATE black-eyed susans. Rudbeckias all remind me of the horrendous “harvest-gold-and-brown” color schemes of my youth in the 70s. Ick, ick, ick. :(

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:57:22 +0000

I would have to say that agapanthus is at the top of my list-snaily and goopy when cut, and way over-planted in business parks. Maybe tied for first is the horribly rubbery jade plant. The stalks are all wrong-they remind me of an old woman with swollen ankles. Here in the Santa Cruz Mts. (Nor Cal) French broom is the major invader. It is like the Mongol hordes.

By: Beth Lawrence

Beth Lawrence — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:52:07 +0000

P.S. The trick to growing Cilantro is to plant it in part sun part shade. It only likes morning sun.

By: Beth Lawrence

Beth Lawrence — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:48:38 +0000

Hello, I have a few plants to contribute to this list. Sansevaria! so aptly named mother-in-laws tongues. Not only are they heiniously unattractive in a pot, but when I was hot and tired after a days work on the farm in Zimbabwe, they grow like weeds under the trees, so there was no place to lay down and have a siesta in the shade. They poke out of the ground a good 6-8 inches and they are sharp! Another plant that could get axed from the landscape is that coral orange shade of Impatien, whhhhh! I do have a lead on white Marigolds check out http://tinyurl.com/2akdwr

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:06:14 +0000

London Lass – too funny. I was just remarking to a friend that I’d rethink my interest in a guy if he gave me carnations.

Michelle – I think maybe we dislike standard annuals because they are usually done in bright garish colours. So cool white is such a nice change.

Wren – I agree. Marigolds are such good companion plants in the veggie garden. Now why can’t they come in white?

By: wren

wren — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:29:52 +0000

marigolds may be awful (i generally agree) but they do wonders to keep aphids away…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:05:37 +0000

I have to be careful with this because there are so few things to grow here I hate to cross any off the list, but I dislike the standard annuals everyone here plants: marigolds, begonias, petunias, pansies.

I’m okay with petunias in white though, a big trailing mass is okay, but marigolds are never good. Stinky and stiff and pudgy.

By: london lass

london lass — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:17:52 +0000

i quite like cilantro – or as we call it coriander. its lovely with thai curries – in fact any curry really…
1. hypericum – belongs in carparks and on roundabouts
2. carnations – they’re petrol station flowers – nasty.
3. ground elder – say no more…
4.’coloured’ heathers – why?
5. houseplants – the zoo animals of the plant world.