Are there plants that you don’t like?

Nanny27

Absolutely love hawthorn. As a child we had a huge hawthorn tree in our garden and my sister and I.had a swing hanging from its branches. Such happy memories.

Same here! For me. hawthorn is a happy happy plant.

I hate plants that hurt, including roses.

We used to eat the leaves of Hawthorne as kids and called it bread and cheese. Few sweets in those days.

Hate the smell of geraniums and striped petunias. They look so un-natural.

twiglet77

I hate plants that hurt, including roses.

You can get thornless roses.
Having said that, I love roses, even ones with thorns - but of course, it’s down to personal preference.

Lovetopaint037

Ivy. It’s invasive and a real nuisance.

Absolutely valuable for wildlife of all kinds, though.

I really dislike Euphorbia, straggly and with milky sap, yuk. Geums, all that deadheading of the ugly stalks once the petals drop off. Calendula took over our garden, and the neighbour’s one too and they didn’t speak to us after that! Purple Hollyhocks also give me the no feeling

My father died when I was 5 . He was a keen gardener but mostly vegetables. His favourite flower was the bright red "geranium" which had grown in neat rows in his Oxford college quad.

On his birthday each year I buy a geranium. (Pelargonium) and think of him.

Here's my kitchen windowledge today

Grammaretto

Here's my kitchen windowledge today

They're in better shape than mine, however mine are outside in a sheltered spot and did survive the winter.
They are flowering but need a good tidy up. Luckily they are under cover.

I have an irrational dislike of bright yellow tulips. They usually come out at the tail end of the daffodil flowering season. It seems to me that, as we have been awash with yellow flowers for about a month, we have had enough.

Grammaretto

My father died when I was 5 . He was a keen gardener but mostly vegetables. His favourite flower was the bright red "geranium" which had grown in neat rows in his Oxford college quad.

On his birthday each year I buy a geranium. (Pelargonium) and think of him.

If I may say so, Grammaretto-----an original and appropriate ritual.

DianneAngel

I won't have lillies in the garden or the house. I find the scent too overwhelming, plus they are poisonous to cats. hugs

Me too, cannot abide the smell.

Llamedos13

MT62, How can you say that about pansies!Look at these beautifull little faces.

Yes, they are so appealing 😀

Arum lilies, as I mentioned previously.
The reason why we don't grow them is because, many years ago when we had our first house, there was nothing in the garden except some peonies which the previous owners must have missed when they dug everything up to take with them.
Someone gave me arum lilies. My much older neighbour peered over the fence and said "You know they mean death, don't you?". We dug them up and got rid of them.

As for the peonies, some of them have travelled around from garden to garden over the years and are still with us, growing up again this spring.