Plants you really wouldn't have in your garden

Hyacinths (due to the overpowering pong), Cordylines, Orchids, yellow leaves, flowers that combine pink and yellow in garish hues.

 

Think after reading this thread the 'what's looking good thread ', might be a bit short of pictures in future.

 

This was the first plant I ever planted when I was 5 years old. It sat growing for nearly 30 years in the same spot quite happily until my parents decided to move. So I dug it up and is now growing quite happily in its new home in my own garden after lots of liquid seaweed.

Just a little story I thought I'd share on the forum.

 

At least they're in a good heavy pot. There are some like that near me - sitting on the sea of black tarmac that surrounds the whole building. They blow over when it's windy.

 

Going through this thread I must 80% of the plants listed here.

 

I also have a lot of them and I suspect most posters have a lot of them as well.
It just goes to show the varied tastes of gardeners as a group.

 

This is a bit controversial but we inheried an Aucuba with this property and it really brightens up a dark and distant corner of the back garden. Lovely red berries too

 

We inherited laurels and forsythia @Bluejayway and they provide excellent screening. In fact, it’s just occurred to me that a lot of our screening is plants that I and according to this thread most of us wouldn't buy

 

There's a big difference between tolerating something because it serves a purpose and simply refusing to give certain plants garden space. It would also depend on whether a garden was inherited with lots of existing plants. Mine was a blank canvas, so no 'horrors' to get rid of, apart from a couple of invasive ground cover mistakes

 

I am really enjoying this list, but I strongly suspect there isn't a single member that doesn't have at least some of these plants. And that's fine. It's interesting to see people's preferences!

In the past, when I didn't know any better, I bought multiple flamingo trees. They're now gone. My partner has a kilmarnock weeping willow in memory of his grandmother, so that's not going anywhere. I don't mind it.

Plants that I have no regrets about having and have been mentioned: hostas, pyracanthas, sarcococcas, lonicera nitida and roses. My partner also has a Phormium and a couple of Cordylines in a dedicated "tropical" corner of the garden. They work well in that setting. If they had just been dropped in a "British cottage" style garden, it would be a different story because they wouldn't match the surroundings.

 

I also have plenty of the plants others dislike and have some, inherited, ones that I wouldn't ever plant now. I think it's good that we are all individuals it would be very boring if every garden looked the same.

 

I have to say that ideas change over time - two or three years ago I would have said I didn't like dahlias, but I just potted nine up this weekend. Same with roses; I now have quite a few.

 

I'm sort of going off dahlias again. I'll plant the ones I saved from last year but I won't be buying any more.
Same with grasses. I planted several a while back but they're becoming a nuisance.

 

I'm with you on variegation @shiney. I find that in a shaded border which many flowering plants dislike, leaf variegation which includes white adds interest and light, particularly if the plant is evergreen, and in winter. There are limits on acceptable variegation though, no pink stripes .