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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2006 20:23:07 GMT
I used to have a real aversion to Crocosmia. It came from three years of digging out huge compacted clumps of 'Montbretia'. but over the years a few have crept back into the garden, and today I came home from visiting a friend with two new ones. Star of the East and Emily McKenzie'.
I also hated Dahlias, Grandad used to grow them (Cactus and Pompom ) and I always remember them being full of earwigs - I now have about 7 or 8.
Anything you disliked but had grown on you?
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Post by owainglyndwr on Aug 22, 2006 20:56:07 GMT
I used to hate gardening, but now ...
Does that count dee ?
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Post by sweetleaf on Aug 22, 2006 22:45:57 GMT
Asters because they always had white mould on them but this year grew Aster "Milady mixed" from some free seeds, ( AG) and they seem to be very healthy .....I may be converted ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2006 22:52:15 GMT
Oh Hydrangeas - how could I forget.
I think it's Trebah that advertises '5 acres of Hydrangeas' <shudder> two thoughts, 1).can think of lots of better uses for 5 acres. 2). My worst gardening nightmare.
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Aug 23, 2006 0:01:31 GMT
I love crocosmia! Sure they spread but at least they bloom for me and look lovely and exotic. I love the wisteria when it is blooming. After that I am so tempted to chop it down! It is smothering the magnolia and sends out runners through the flower beds and into the lawn. The mimosa is a beautiful tree in or out of flower.  The hundreds of seedlings everywhere is a bit much each year. LOL! ChickaDDD |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 23, 2006 6:04:59 GMT
Pampas grass and Yucca = yuck, yuck, yuckety yuck! Like Phormiums a lot though..how does that work? AND I - do - not - like - pink - daffodils! It's an abomination - what next? Lilac tomatoes.........
That's an idea for a new thread - suggestions for ludicrous new colours for plants?
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Post by JennyWrenn on Aug 23, 2006 6:31:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 9:05:12 GMT
Double daffodils - how messy can a flower get? I also hate pampas grass and yuccas.
What about flowers that you used to like until you couldn't control them like alstroemerias?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 12:32:15 GMT
Cicadeedeedee, In the UK that's not a mimosa. It's a silk tree Albizia julibrissia. Accacia is Mimosa to us. It's another reason why I dislike the use of common names, it's too confusing and misleading.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 13:52:35 GMT
I dislike flowers that look ridiculously overbred. I especially dislike red hot pokers because there were loads in the garden of 'friends' when I was young and impressionable and didn't recognise a pair of right bitches when I saw them!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 13:56:10 GMT
Hey
If I was going to write 'pregnant dogs' I would have spelled it correctly. A doge is a 16th century Venetian magistrate and would have been male.
Back to Auntie Beeb and the 3 minute rule for me if we are going to be that twee. The word bitch is innocuous enough, surely.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 13:56:52 GMT
OH for Heaven's sake.
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Post by rhodadendron on Aug 23, 2006 14:33:02 GMT
Hi Daisy
Are you talking to yourself or have some posts been removed?
Just curious
::)Rhoda
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 14:58:02 GMT
Me too  |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Aug 23, 2006 15:56:36 GMT
Hi Dee.
I like the use of scientific names as well just for the reasons you mentioned. I couldn't think / find the proper name so that's why I posted a picture to decrease the confusion.
I have a list of most of my plants and their scientific names hidden somewhere in this computer. Hmmmm. I'll find it. LOL!
C with 3Ds
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 16:54:04 GMT
Just expressing my frustration because I wrote b-i-t-c-h-e-s in my post and when it was posted the word had been turned into 'pregnant dog{e}s' (sic) without so much as a by your leave.
I think that's silly. It's not a dreadful swearword. If the powers that be want to mess with my freedom of expression I think they should warn/inform me first as a matter of common courtesy. It's very Auntie Beeb.
Have to go now as I can hear my high horse clip clopping up my drive....
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 23, 2006 17:02:12 GMT
Hi Daisy Chain Please don't be annoyed - I was telling someone in a PM about a dog (B-i-t-c-h) and I got the same as you ;D ;D ;D As I had just read your post (pregnant doge) I thought that somehow you had got into my post etc etc. I have no idea what has happened except that the word d-a-m-n has stars in it and the word bloody stays the same. Makes the mind boggle doesn't it  I suppose we could try to find out which other words get changed into something entirely different ;D ;D ;D Rosefriend |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 17:25:30 GMT
I love the mental picture 'pregnant doge' gave me ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 17:26:59 GMT
Hi Rosefriend
I am annoyed, though. But I appreciate the reply. At least there is a quick reply on this board. I would love to know the reasoning behind the bowdlerising. At first, I thought bloody would stay the same because it's and adjective as well as a swear word but it's used less frequently as an adjective than b-i-t-c-h is used to mean a pregnant female dog so I think it must be arbitrary silliness.
Perhaps Spruance will know.
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 23, 2006 17:39:24 GMT
Hi Daisy Chain
I will try and find out for you. Everything is fairly new to us all but we will get there.
If there is anything else that is annoying you then let us know - if we can do something about it we will.
Rosefriend
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 19:43:53 GMT
Oh can't stand Mahonia or Pampas grass either
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 21:45:50 GMT
pink and white bluebells are just WRONG !  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2006 22:25:21 GMT
pink and white bluebells are just WRONG ! Ah but they are naturally occuring sports, although I know what you mean |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2006 9:28:42 GMT
Thanks, RF, I will await your investigations! Dee - know what you mean about Mahonias. I can't be doing with flashy polyanthus, and I don't like auriculas either. When they feature them on GW in those tidy little pots, my back teeth clench up! |
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Post by obelixx on Aug 24, 2006 16:00:46 GMT
Back to naughty words. It must be a feature of the software. you can't type p u s s ycat without it being changed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2006 16:25:26 GMT
I just tried to type my a-s-s-e-r-t-i-o-n in a pm to Spruance and it came out 'my assertion', though if you type assertion on its own, its ok.
I'm afraid I'm finding this far more tedious that the 3 minute rule.
If I type 'm-y a-s-s' without the hyphens it comes out as 'my ass' but I could write about my arse with impunity ;D
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Post by jlottie on Aug 24, 2006 16:50:20 GMT
I don't like the plumes on a pampas grass but I don't mind the foliage when it has been contained, thankfully we get rather windy days so any plumes that appear don't seem to last too ling as they have a helping hand to snap or bend over (OH loves them)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2006 16:59:19 GMT
I dont get on with conifers they always bring me out in a rash, so if i do have to go near them i cover up and wear gloves.
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Post by Auricula on Aug 26, 2006 19:48:47 GMT
I don't like dicentra - but OH does so I haven't killed the one he bought me as a pressie - YET!!!!!  |
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Post by Margi on Aug 27, 2006 18:03:37 GMT
Hi - Pink pampas grass is a double abomination, but where can I get these lilac tomatoes???
Margi x
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I suppose we could try to find out which other words get changed into something entirely different ;D ;D ;D
