Plants you really wouldn't have in your garden

Does anyone remember the old tale that pampas grass was grown in front gardens to indicate that the houseowners were 'swingers' ?
Maybe that's one reason it dropped out of fashion.

 

I remember that from the 70's never knew if it was true though.
Nowdays probably replaced by group chats on Signal or similar.

 

That's why I planted mine in the back garden @Tinkerton . Not much parking space here for visitors anyway .

How could you not like this? It's the dwarf version, Cortaderia Pumila.

 

You reminded me of this nightmare @NigelJ. My neighbours 85ft long hedge at a previous house, just 15ft from my kitchen and 15ft high. I couldn't reach the top with the hedge trimmers. After discovering the roots had not only broken into our drains but our foundations as well, our neighbour said he'd remove it. He had a Hebe hedge at the front so I offered to grow cuttings/plants from that to replace the conifers, now well established.

 

Ours was out the front, now it's out the back!

 

Very wise @cactus_girl . My cousin has one in the front garden (planted by a previous owner I should add) and she is regularly asked by passersby if they can have the flowers for flower arranging. Some help themselves without asking . One lady asked her to reserve some for her daughter’s wedding. I suspect they were for the venue, not the bouquet .

 

I would like to also come out as a pampas grass lover. (Just the plant, not a reference to swinging )

My partner bought one on impulse during a visit to the garden center a couple of years ago, when it wasn't in flower, thinking it was just a nice little grass It's not even the dwarf version! We put it in a large pot. I was concerned it would sulk, but it's doing OK. I do water it frequently to make up for the fact we have restricted it to a pot.

 

Yep I had a mini one in our garden as well. It took three of us to dig it out and scratched all of us too.

This was growing on the street I grew up on but not outside of the property. Does that mean the whole street was swingers and I didn't know?!

 

Then there's plants I wouldn't grow because I don't like the name. I believe there's a rose called Cliff Richards