Allotments 4 All
Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: cambourne7 on November 14, 2011, 01:06:19
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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
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Zinnia
Dahlia
Penstemon
and 2 which are vegetables but I would grow them for their foliage and ability to cover a greenhouse -
Chayote
Achocha
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never heard of Chayote before looks nice :)
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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. ;D
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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?
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Gardinia
Bougainvillea
Camellia
Clematis armandii
Verbena bonariensis
Not neccessarily in that order
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Roses
Lily of the Valley
Wallflowers
Sweet William
Daffodils
This isn't fair. Can I have 20? or maybe 25?
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Rose......rather like The Lichfield Angel
Clematis...........Nelly Moser
Cosmos...........make me happy LOL
Lavender....................the smell
Fuchsia swingtime...............always loved it
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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)
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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. :)
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In praise of Nelly Moser...........pic from wiki
(http://i43.tinypic.com/20hvj4n.jpg)
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Roses, snowdrops, hellebores, trilliums, cyclamens.
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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
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Yes just 5 :) cant make it 2 easy for you all :)
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Daffodils, Snowdrops, Pot marigolds, Chaenomeles, Apple trees
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Snakes head fritillaria
peony
delphinium
cyclamen
common and garden foxgloves.
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Sweetpeas.
Dr Rupple clematis.
Iceberg rose.
Schizostylis pink and red.
Azaleas.
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Crab apple
Perennial sweet peas
Cosmos (white)
Leycesteria formosa
Hardy geraniums
They all give long-lasting pleasure with little effort!
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Ah, forgot sweet peas!
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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.
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Fuchsias
Delphiniums
Lupins
Chrysanthemum
Daffodils.
Very hard to choose i really love all flowers.
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pot marigolds
lupins
dahlias
sweet william
clematis
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Sweet William
Aqilegia
Sweet Rocket
Small flowered fibrous begonia
Hostas
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I don't have much room for flowers by always try to grow some.
I have a weakness for peonies but don't actually grow any!
Other than that, I love
Sweet peas for the perfume
Old roses too
wisteria (but would never have space for that)
honeysuckle
The only things I ever manage to grow in the allotment is pot marigolds, nasturtiums and tagetes! Although this year I had Cosmos which were really successful and the late blooms were covered in hungry insects.