what flowers DONT you like?

[fruit&vegvirgin]

thought it might be interesting to see what we dont like?!
I'll start -
gladioli, too stiff and spikey.
dahlias, all that lifting in the autumn.
marigolds, too orange.
and basically anything yellow except daffs, prims and crocuses in spring. tho saying that, I have inherited a yellow rose which is OK. but I wouldnt plant another one!

[Lesley Jay]

Stocks. I just don't like the look of them. The flowers last too long and always look messy and ragged.

[Acorn]

Evening Primrose... The tall one. When I moved into my new home the garden was covered in them and it took me two months to get rid of them. I ended up sick of them... no other reason.

[Nicos]

Foxgloves because I am allergic to them and those multicoloured daisy type flowers that open in the sun..myesothingymegibs???(just too bright!!)

[Shortie]

....mesembryanthemums.....? Love 'em because they're bright

Don't like any convolvulus types...remind me waaayyy too much of blind weed

[andrewo]

Stocks and pansies, just don't like them in pots, they always look dead or maybe I just kill them!

[Jaxom]

Buddleia is my number one hate flower. I have huge respect for it but still dislike it with a vengeance.
Buddleia is one of the first plants that will colonise a bare and barren landscape. As a plant it needs little apart from a roothold in gravel or stone. It amazes me how people will allow a Buddleia to stay rooted in their wall, windowsill or chimneybreast. The amount of damage one plant can do is horrifying. Each year as it drops its leaves and flowers compost is made which allow secondary plants to move in. Once the ground becomes too fertile the Buddleia will no longer thrive so other things like trees and shrubs are able to grow.
Jax

[fruit&vegvirgin]

ooh stocks, with you on that Lesley! mesemythingies, I quite like those coz they look like plastic (!).
buddleia, jaxom how can you say that??? I love buddleia, all those butterflies.
and I love foxgloves.

[nick the grief]

autumn crocuses cos it means summers gone

[Lesley Jay]

I like mesembryanthemums as well. They're lovely when they open with the sun.

[JennieAtkinson]

Any flower that is blue - for me the colour just jars in the garden. Mind you I have to say that if anything blue here survived well I might learn to live with it - have to be thankful for anything that grows!

[sewer rat]

Jennie - how can you fail to like the Himalayan Poppy which is blue
Flowers I don't like include the following
Oriental Poppies - like weeds in my garden
Evening Primrose - lovely scent, but not matched by looks
Verbena bonariensis - I know it's fashionable and "see-through" but not for me
Stocks - see LJ's reply for reasons
Anaphalis - don't see the point
Aconitum (monkshood) - way too poisonous
Muscari neglectum - so called cos if you "neglectum" they'll take over the world

[sandersj89]

Nigella

Damn stuff seeds all over the place!!!!!!!

Jerry

[Acorn]

Ah! yes... nigella... That's what it was! When I moved in my new house the garden also had loads of something that had gone to seed... I've just googled nigella and that's it! I guess I'll be getting a lot of those this summer...

[nick the grief]

I think she looks nice