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My 5 most hated plants

I know, this sounds like a negative post and I should be doing one about my 5 most loved plants or 6 things I enjoy about gardening or something of that ilk. Well..I'm not going to. I feel like having a rant about plants that I really don't like and I still wonder why they sell them in nurseries.

I may change my mind at a later date so I'm going to qualify this post by saying that it's My (Current) 5 most hated plants.
Do you have a list of plants you'd rather not see growing in gardens? Tell us about them maybe we could form a posse and route them out.

Anyway, without further adieu here is my list....

These are listed in most hated order so you can gauge the level of emotive dislike I have for these plants.

    Celosia.jpg

  1. Celosia maybe it's the way people plant these in the garden that makes them so unappealing. Perhaps they would look good mass planted...perhaps! Though I doubt it very much. They just look so fake. In fact, if they made a fake version of this plant it would be the only imitated version that would look better than the original.

    2. Vinca.jpg

  2. Vincas if you struggle to grow these in your garden you might contemplate changing hobbies. Anybody can grow these and usually do. They're horrible!! Plant petunias or pansies instead.

    3. spider_plant.jpg

  3. Spider Plant now there are versions of the this plant that I really like that's why this one is only in 3rd place. However, it is one of those plants that have been done to death and seem to trip over them everywhere.

    4. snapdragon.jpg

  4. Snapdragons I've even had these in previous gardens so I don't hate them that much maybe it's just another "everywhere" plant that people could, and should, find alternatives for. It's like eating chicken every night - eventually you get tired of it. Once they start selling these seeds in Kiddie-gro packs you know there no longer a challenge.

    5. amaranthus_tricolor.jpg

  5. Amaranthus Tricolor why do people grow these as display plants - they look stupid. Sure, I've seen them mass planted which looks ....well, ok...but growing them singularly [shaking head] I struggle to comprehend.





Posted by Stuart on January 17, 2006 6:04 AM | | Check to Subscribe to this Comment:


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Agapanthus! Down with agapanthus! I would cheerfully pull out every agapanthus eyesore by my teeth, if I had teeth.

Posted by: Susanna D | January 17, 2006 6:48 AM

Spider plants are great for cleaning indoor air. I'm going to grow one in the house again.

Hated plants? Well, I don't really hate them, but don't see the point of double petunias. Take an attractive flower shape and try to turn it into the shape of a peony blossom?

OK, I've got it. I hate it when flowers are developed that are so big and heavy that their own stalks can't hold them up. Why does everything flower need to be "double".

Posted by: Sabine | January 17, 2006 10:58 AM

Stuart, Hi! Thanks for stopping in at my blog and saying hello. I think we have snow on the ground for more than a quarter of the year. At least it seems like it.
Snapdragons I like! The rest I can somewhat agree with but I don't think I really hate any flowers!

Posted by: Kerri | January 17, 2006 11:04 AM

Yeah, what's wrong with snapdragons? You don't see them nearly enough these days.

But spider plants? They are something the world can do without. Totally spooky looking, and the name is not fair to spiders.

Posted by: Val | January 18, 2006 9:10 AM

I agree with Kerri- how can you hate snapdragons? They are so much fun to play with. You gotta love to take a flower and go chomping on someone's ears.

But, alas, I do have a disliking for a few plants:

1. Marigolds. They make your fingers smell funny when you deadhead them.

2. Geraniums. Boring. I guess I can be a plant snob, too, sometimes.

Then there's the ones almost no ones likes: invasive ones, poisonous ones, stinging nettle, etc.

Posted by: nelumbo | January 23, 2006 6:46 AM

Thank you for the information here. I really enjoyed the articles about roses. It is good to find a gardening site for our area.

Posted by: Andrew Spark | March 20, 2006 12:55 PM

I am not from your area but I did enjoy my visit.

Posted by: Andrew Spark | March 20, 2006 3:20 PM

Ah, I have a few of these, or have had them in the past. They are good fillers.
:(

Posted by: Denise | July 14, 2006 2:31 AM

Dude,

Snapdragons--

Anything the hummingbirds feed on is perfection in my book.

Posted by: Dan | October 14, 2006 12:15 PM

Snapdragons are cool- where would us little beginner gardeners be if it wasnt for the humble snapdragon- plus they have cool genetics, guessing what colour your seeds from last year will turn int is fun!

Posted by: matty | August 9, 2007 6:11 PM

Fair comment about the snap dragons. They are great plants to experiment with and they’re always full of great colours. But as you say, they’re newbie plants and some gardeners just never move on from them.

Posted by: Stuart | August 9, 2007 6:25 PM

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