FabSwingers.com forum: Favourite Garden Plants

By *arcusz OP Man
over a year ago

Billingshurst

What are your favourite garden plants?

Generally, or a particular one flowering in your garden at the moment.

I like Roses, lavateras, Phloxes, hydrangeas, and have a nice Potentilla flowering in the garden at the moment.

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

This year I am in a Geranium phase, so have been collecting a multitude of colours and leaf shapes

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

Sunflowers. I nurture them into massive growth.

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By *iddle ManMan
over a year ago

Walsall

For me, something simple and everyday, for a change, I like marigolds, especially the African ones, with the brown and yellow petals.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ones which grow in other peoples gardens, I'm no good with plants

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By *iberty RedWoman
over a year ago

Cheltenham

I have lavender, honeysuckle, jasmine, hotlips & roses growing in my garden at the moment.

Love fragrance plants that attract bees & butterflies

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By *ark ph0enixWoman
over a year ago

Teesside

My giant gunnera. I have 3. Leaves are up to 4ft each so far but supposedly reach 6ft. Yes I've a good size garden.

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

The ones that live.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

What are those purple flowers that carpet garden walls by gates and stuff? I like them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

None the dog ate most

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Hosta Rose's lillys including pineapple lillys have some nice ones growing this year and bedding petunia buzy lizzie pelagonium Biden's and lobelia just love gardening x

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By *arcusz OP Man
over a year ago

Billingshurst

"My giant gunnera. I have 3. Leaves are up to 4ft each so far but supposedly reach 6ft. Yes I've a good size garden."

Nice. Yeah, they're proper land of the giants style plants.

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By *eliciousladyWoman
over a year ago

Sometimes U.K

White lavender and clematis with the bell shape flowers.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like the good ol fuchsia. And herbs. I have lots of herbs.

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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Tangutica - the bright yellow lantern flowers just cheer you up in Summer! The fluffy seed heads make me laugh too..

I collect Orchids now and again. They are so pretty & elegant (more of a house plant though....)

Always have herbs you can pick them to eat as you pass by : Mint varieties (Moroccan mint makes the best tea in my opinion); Rosemary; Chives.

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

Calendula, and a syringa I’ve brought back from the dead.

But I think mainly it’s been a good year for the roses.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

this year we tried those giant lillies and i have never had a garden with so much lust scent plus flower the size of dinner plates

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I collect trees like oaks and Scotts pine. I have an olive and fruit trees. All from cuttings or saplings. I shape them.

Basicly most species of common trees and some exotic ones. (Juniper and maple are easy)

Scott's pine is my favourite. I am glad to have a cutting rooted into a sapling.

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By *abasaurus RexMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

California poppy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a horticulturalist... i love them all lol... but if it is in flower , then it's my favourite at that particular moment

ive been getting wiffs of magnolia grandiflora all day! Delightful!!

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

I love fuchsia's, mine are really starting to bloom now and look beautiful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does anyone know where I can grab a "broad leaf field elm"

You will remember it from being a kid because of the huge leaves but they died in the 1990s

I have permission (by park ranger) to find one in rochdale if i can.

I wanted to do one from cuttings.

I have a small "giant serquoia" (redwood) near my home but I failed on taking cuttings. You need to get a crane or climb to the top to grab the top foliage for cuttings I think.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just planted a greengage ... also trying to get a wild flower bed to take at the bottom of the garden x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love an aser and alliums.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I created a wild flower patch over lockdown, currently few poppies in bloom. They look amazing.

I be happy to talk about gardening to anyone.

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

"I love an aser and alliums. "

Aliens have incredible geometry. I’ve just harvested seeds for next year.

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By *ark ph0enixWoman
over a year ago

Teesside

"My giant gunnera. I have 3. Leaves are up to 4ft each so far but supposedly reach 6ft. Yes I've a good size garden.

Nice. Yeah, they're proper land of the giants style plants. "

Its turned into a very cool effect with the ferns too

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

Pampas grass...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pampas grass...

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haha... traditionalist

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By *xmfrvnMan
over a year ago

Stoke-on-Trent

I took on an allotment at the start of lockdown - figured since everyone was retired...

My dad has always been enthusiastic about gardening - I realised I'd missed having green space & nature around me having grown up with an amazing garden (which I still sneak back to to steal cuttings from his plants).

I've no particular favourites, perhaps courgette flowers, which I plan to stuff & deep fry on tempura batter - heard good things about that.

I most enjoy the lush explosion of growth over the summer. The managers aren't so keen on the 's' but the life fills my heart.

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By *arcusz OP Man
over a year ago

Billingshurst

"I like the good ol fuchsia. And herbs. I have lots of herbs. "

Ooh yes, love a Fuchsia.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What are those purple flowers that carpet garden walls by gates and stuff? I like them."

Sounds like Wisteria Sinensis. It can be spectacular

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hard to choose as my gardens are stacked. My David Austin roses are looking incredible and my Bamboo is going nuts.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fuschia

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m lucky that my garden seems to grow plants well, however my dog loves to dig them up

I love lavender because it’s hardy and helps the bees. But my favourite plant is probably the magnolia, so pretty when it blooms but looks like a lovely leafy green plant at other times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hard to choose as my gardens are stacked. My David Austin roses are looking incredible and my Bamboo is going nuts.

Be careful with bamboo I had a house where the bamboo took over the whole garden and killed everything else and then attempted to travel under the patio too, it can cause all sorts of structural damage

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Calendula, and a syringa I’ve brought back from the dead.

But I think mainly it’s been a good year for the roses. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hard to choose as my gardens are stacked. My David Austin roses are looking incredible and my Bamboo is going nuts.

Lucky mine's undernourished in a pot then!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What are those purple flowers that carpet garden walls by gates and stuff? I like them.

Sounds like Wisteria Sinensis. It can be spectacular

My childhood home had an astonishing wisteria

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Angelica, globe artichokes and aubergine have all made me smile with their loveliness this year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My phlox is having an astonishing year. My first zinnia has been a revelation. The roses were good until the recent rain, and I've really enjoyed our sunflowers, can't wait to harvest some of the seeds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lavender, love the smell , plus the bees and butterflies love them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hard to choose as my gardens are stacked. My David Austin roses are looking incredible and my Bamboo is going nuts.

You're not wrong! I have to prune the rhizomes on a regular basis to control the bamboo running spread.

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By *uvhandle20Man
over a year ago

SE London

I love rosemary, I have three large plants growing in their pots. I also keep kitchen herbs in my back garden, the oregano and the parsley are flowering and attract a lot of bees and butterflies. It is nice to have break, enjoy the sunshine and watch them buzzing around the white flowers.

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By *arcusz OP Man
over a year ago

Billingshurst

"I have lavender, honeysuckle, jasmine, hotlips & roses growing in my garden at the moment.

Love fragrance plants that attract bees & butterflies "

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Probably useful ones you can eat!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Petunias are my personal favourite; The colours are so beautifully vibrant.

I haven’t seen them for a while, but the double petunias are also delightful.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"What are those purple flowers that carpet garden walls by gates and stuff? I like them."
Aubretia..

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By *ualityoverquantityalwaysMan
over a year ago

Outside Telford

"What are those purple flowers that carpet garden walls by gates and stuff? I like them."

Sounds like lobelia.

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By *irewolffMan
over a year ago

Dublin

My late mam's hosta. It is massive. Its in the same pot for years. Dies back to nothing over the winter and boy does it come back. I got my love of gardening off her and took a load of plants from her garden when she passed away.

MsD

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"I'm a horticulturalist... i love them all lol... but if it is in flower , then it's my favourite at that particular moment

ive been getting wiffs of magnolia grandiflora all day! Delightful!! "
Still getting late blooms from my magnolia soulangeana, thou presently trying to nurture some Chrysanthemums from small plants and battling against slugs small trays of beer are helping (drowning their sorrows)

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

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This is the first year that I've really taken up gardening and I'm totally loving it.

I've got quite a few bedding plants in baskets and planters including geraniums,sufina, and lobelia, and loving them.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"My late mam's hosta. It is massive. Its in the same pot for years. Dies back to nothing over the winter and boy does it come back. I got my love of gardening off her and took a load of plants from her garden when she passed away.

MsD"
Yes I think once you have a love of gardening it always stays with you in some way or form.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I love Aliums, roses, lavender, my hibiscus is going to look amazing in a few weeks. I noticed some wierd looking almost pineapple shaped things in quite a leafy plant, must Google what that is! I have a lovely jasmine which was chopped hard in spring, I didn't think it would survive but it did, and it smells amazing

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"This is the first year that I've really taken up gardening and I'm totally loving it.

I've got quite a few bedding plants in baskets and planters including geraniums,sufina, and lobelia, and loving them.

I've bought an Acer and some lavender and some other plants and I'm hoping they will all do well. My favourite's are actually succulents and cactus, and I've got a window ledge full of those and I tend very gently to them."
The lavender is very good for attracting honey bees and any other pollinators you may get.. I have two zygo cactus christmas cactus nice plants now they get the full sun in the morning also a small mexican fire ball cactus gets the same sun it had two pink flowers in may ..

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"This is the first year that I've really taken up gardening and I'm totally loving it.

I've got quite a few bedding plants in baskets and planters including geraniums,sufina, and lobelia, and loving them.

I've bought an Acer and some lavender and some other plants and I'm hoping they will all do well. My favourite's are actually succulents and cactus, and I've got a window ledge full of those and I tend very gently to them. The lavender is very good for attracting honey bees and any other pollinators you may get.. I have two zygo cactus christmas cactus nice plants now they get the full sun in the morning also a small mexican fire ball cactus gets the same sun it had two pink flowers in may .."
Mexican sunball not fireball.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"I love Aliums, roses, lavender, my hibiscus is going to look amazing in a few weeks. I noticed some wierd looking almost pineapple shaped things in quite a leafy plant, must Google what that is! I have a lovely jasmine which was chopped hard in spring, I didn't think it would survive but it did, and it smells amazing

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Yes I have two hibiscus plants one has a blue type of flower with a splash of purple Inside the flower the other has a pale pink colour with a red splash Inside the flower.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

Gardens have been a real escape for people during such times we have been haveing small santuarys If you like for many people If your lucky to have one that is.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"I like the good ol fuchsia. And herbs. I have lots of herbs. "
I let thyme grow where it wants now it seeds well and I love the smell too being smallish plants they can be easily managed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eskinazas

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

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"Gardens have been a real escape for people during such times we have been haveing small santuarys If you like for many people If your lucky to have one that is."

yes, mine is not very big at all it's kind of like a courtyard garden but I'm making the most of it with pots and planters.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"Gardens have been a real escape for people during such times we have been haveing small santuarys If you like for many people If your lucky to have one that is.

yes, mine is not very big at all it's kind of like a courtyard garden but I'm making the most of it with pots and planters."
Plenty of water today once that sun goes down I watered well last in preparation for today 91c this afternoon more watering I think.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite garden plant is grass

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"Gardens have been a real escape for people during such times we have been haveing small santuarys If you like for many people If your lucky to have one that is.

yes, mine is not very big at all it's kind of like a courtyard garden but I'm making the most of it with pots and planters.Plenty of water today once that sun goes down I watered well last in preparation for today 91c this afternoon more watering I think."
last night..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sunflowers. I nurture them into massive growth. "

Absolutely love them...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pampas grass obviously! :D

On a serious note...We’ve got a lovely Wisteria on our pergola and the patio roses are doing really well this year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dahlias and Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’

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By *iggydog78Man
over a year ago

London

Bird of paradise... And palm trees if they count

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

Fuchsias are my favourites. I’m lucky that T & his family have a plant growing business so he brings home all sorts

J x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What are your favourite garden plants?

Generally, or a particular one flowering in your garden at the moment.

I like Roses, lavateras, Phloxes, hydrangeas, and have a nice Potentilla flowering in the garden at the moment. "

This reminds me of Absolutely Fabulous when she is trying to shag the gardener

" Talk the Latin oh yes talk the Latin"

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By *he Yorkshire StripperMan
over a year ago

Laceby

"What are those purple flowers that carpet garden walls by gates and stuff? I like them."

Forget me nots

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

Isn't there a common but quite deadly one, remember reading about it

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By *eesideMan
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"What are your favourite garden plants?"

The plastic variety.

Easy maintenance.

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By *inxybWoman
over a year ago

Durham

I love my Agapanthus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Honeysuckle, or my neighbour has some lovely lily's which smell amazing at the moment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Night scented stock is lovely for its scent too. Not much to look at smells amazing on a warm night such as tonight

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Pansies, lupins, peonies,irises, climbing roses running riot.

All the flowers we had in the garden as a kid.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Buddleja Davidii as it attracts the insects and has large flowers with a nice fragrance. Got to keep it under control though and cut back in early Spring.

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By *arcusz OP Man
over a year ago

Billingshurst

"What are your favourite garden plants?

Generally, or a particular one flowering in your garden at the moment.

I like Roses, lavateras, Phloxes, hydrangeas, and have a nice Potentilla flowering in the garden at the moment.

This reminds me of Absolutely Fabulous when she is trying to shag the gardener

" Talk the Latin oh yes talk the Latin"

I'll have to give that a watch, haven't seen that in years, UKGold days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hollyhocks at the mo i have a sun trap of a garden they get huge and pop up all over the place.

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By *arcusz OP Man
over a year ago

Billingshurst

Lovely jubbly

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By *tella HeelsTV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

Hydrangea

Wisteria

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sunflowers and lavender are my favorite, closely followed by roses

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

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"Honeysuckle, or my neighbour has some lovely lily's which smell amazing at the moment."

I love lilies but they are so toxic for cats so I can't have any.

Even just a bit of pollen can kill a cat.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

My favourite it an Aktinidia Kolomikta ( New Zealand kiwi fruit) vine

In spring the leaves appear a lush lime green, as the weather warms the leaf tips turn white and around May into a fabulous fuschia pink. It’s a stunning plant.

I have all of my favs in my garden - lavender / hydrangea / bay trees / clematis / scabious / phormium / Pieris / rhododendrons / violets

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love the smell of honeysuckle and lavender.

I have a patch of Lavender and mint growing together, the smell when I water it is divine.

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By *r MoriartyMan
over a year ago

The Land that time forgot (Norfolk)

My cucumber plant is going great guns as are my chillies and tomatoes. I like my Hydrangeas, Lupins and Roses.

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By *lasphemouscoupleCouple
over a year ago

Cambridgeshire

Love Jasmin and roses, but currently my favourite is sunflowers. Mrs

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By *arcusz OP Man
over a year ago

Billingshurst

"Honeysuckle, or my neighbour has some lovely lily's which smell amazing at the moment.

I love lilies but they are so toxic for cats so I can't have any.

Even just a bit of pollen can kill a cat.

I'm with you there. I always have to research before getting new plants.

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