top 5 plants ever

[cambourne7]

hi all

If you could pick 5 non veggie/herb plants for your garden what would they be??

mine are

roses
peonys
honeybush
eucalyptus
bleading heart

cam

[Squash64]

Zinnia
Dahlia
Penstemon

 and 2 which are vegetables but I would grow them for their foliage and ability to cover a greenhouse -

Chayote
Achocha

[cambourne7]

never heard of Chayote before looks nice

[goodlife]

Only 5?!...Uh..
Well..after giving it thorough thought..Roses, Lilac, Lavender, Lily-of-the-Valley, Snowdrops, Apple..I just had to add that last one..not only because the fruit..but the flowers, sooo beautiful, worth growing for the bloom only. 

[GrannieAnnie]

Roses for fragrance, for bouquets and tall arbor beauty

Coneflowers and zinnias for their medium height, drought and heat tolerance, long blooming period, for bouquets and they are attractive to butterfly, bee and birds

Sweet Alyssum for fragrance and mat-like habit



can't decide amongst all the spring bulbs and flowering shrubs that are beautiful in their season. Maybe our crab apple tree in bloom followed by apples for the deer?

[ACE]

Gardinia

Bougainvillea

Camellia

Clematis armandii

Verbena bonariensis

Not neccessarily in that order

[small]

Roses
Lily of the Valley
Wallflowers
Sweet William
Daffodils

This isn't fair. Can I have 20? or maybe 25?

[betula]

Rose......rather like The Lichfield Angel

Clematis...........Nelly Moser

Cosmos...........make me happy LOL

Lavender....................the smell

Fuchsia swingtime...............always loved it

[ACE]

Clematis...........Nelly Moser

If I could have hade more than 5 good old nelly would be on the list A really cheerful flower that I look forward to every spring, but frowned upon in modern gardens, (Shh I've got one)

[betula]

Years ago I bought a half dead Nelly from the old Quick save.

Lived in a tiny one bed flat but had a patio door and a small  bit of ground.I put a trellis on the wall and with a bit of TLC away she went.By the time I left she was a wonder to behold in full bloom.Everybody going in and out the block stopped to admire her.A good memory.

[betula]

In praise of Nelly Moser...........pic from wiki

[Robert_Brenchley]

Roses, snowdrops, hellebores, trilliums, cyclamens.

[garrett]

So hard to just pick five but I'm just going to pick the five I always grow and would never be without:

Bronze Fennel
Dianthus (Pinks, Carnations)
Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
Fritillaria Meleagris (Snake's Head fritillary)
Cyclamen Hederifolium

[cambourne7]

Yes just 5 cant make it 2 easy for you all

[Digeroo]

Daffodils, Snowdrops,  Pot marigolds, Chaenomeles, Apple trees

[Mrs Ava]

Snakes head fritillaria

peony

delphinium

cyclamen

common and garden foxgloves.

[tomatoada]

Sweetpeas.
Dr Rupple clematis.
Iceberg rose.
Schizostylis pink and red.
Azaleas.

[caroline7758]

Crab apple
Perennial sweet peas
Cosmos (white)
Leycesteria formosa
Hardy geraniums

They all give long-lasting pleasure with little effort!

[garrett]

Ah, forgot sweet peas!

[Ninnyscrops.]

My favourites:
Rose
Fuchsia
Daffodil
Hydrangea
Delphinium

........but they don't always behave and I could have dismissed them quite easily and put in others that never fail.