tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post116295984522062774..comments2023-07-26T08:12:40.144-04:00Comments on Flatbush Gardener: MischrysanthemumryChris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163364244364039272006-11-12T15:44:00.000-05:002006-11-12T15:44:00.000-05:00what fun! I love dandelions in bloom but hate the...what fun! I love dandelions in bloom but hate the seed-heads. As for forsythia, I love forsythia in it's natural form but "topiary everything" as I see it too often in suburbia drives me to rage. I just read Kim's post (A Study in Contrasts) on silver plants(aka dusty miller at one time)and plant snobs, so I found the coincidence funny.Katihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741429036637277079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163347305804716872006-11-12T11:01:00.000-05:002006-11-12T11:01:00.000-05:00I can't come up with a good list of flowers that I...I can't come up with a good list of flowers that I loathe. The common flowers I like include lilacs, violets, zinnias, columbine, and spiderwort. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I remember "Stretch 'n' Sew" creatures, especially t-shirts.Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163284731659282992006-11-11T17:38:00.000-05:002006-11-11T17:38:00.000-05:00I love this post, Xris! It should be a meme, absol...I love this post, Xris! It should be a meme, absolutely. <BR/><BR/>I haven't really given it much thought about flowers that I loathe, but there are flowers that I absolutely love:<BR/>Columbine<BR/>Daffodils<BR/>Iris<BR/>Dahlia<BR/>Fragrant wild roses<BR/>Sunflowers<BR/><BR/>I'm going to try to come up with a flower I don't like. Interesting challenge.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386655587963143782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163215240588422032006-11-10T22:20:00.000-05:002006-11-10T22:20:00.000-05:00At the moment, in my Two-Buck Chuck-induced Friday...At the moment, in my Two-Buck Chuck-induced Friday evening fugue, I don't hate much of anything. <BR/><BR/>But I feel I would never allow any Tagetes or Impatients or Begonia semperflorens cultorum to grow in my garden.<BR/><BR/>I used to hate geraniums above all others (and my geranium I mean Pelargonium); I found them tacky, weedy, and foul. But prolonged close exposure to <A HREF="http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=pelargonium+tomentosum&btnG=Search" REL="nofollow">Pelargonium tomentosum</A> turned my head around, and now in add'n to the tomentosum, I'm fond of the rose-scented geraniums and also this particular <A HREF="http://www.richmond.edu/~jhayden/recent_travels_2005/tower_hill_bot_garden/pelargonium_TOWER-HILL_01s.JPG" REL="nofollow">zonal gernium</A>.<BR/><BR/>My favorite of the very common garden flowers is primrose. It's just so useful; I can't feel anything but love for the common primrose.<BR/><BR/>I am wild about <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=cineraria+%22san+francisco%22&m=text" REL="nofollow">this particular cineraria</A> that's naturalized in San Francisco parks. It's especially beautiful in the soft light of winter when it blooms. I'm usually over it by May when the flowers are still hanging on. <BR/><BR/>My s.o. won't let me plant any rhododendrons in the garden because they remind him of dark, depressing Seattle. No problem...I wasn't planning to grow those anyway.<BR/><BR/>I like most narcissus and tulips and <A HREF="http://flickr.com/search/?q=watsonia&w=all" REL="nofollow">watsonia</A> and freesia. I like <A HREF="http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Amaryllis/Amaryllis_belladonnaMendocinoCoast.jpg" REL="nofollow">Amaryllis belladonna</A> which has naturalized in a lot of places. I love the native <A HREF="http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=erysimum+concinnum&spell=1" REL="nofollow"> Erysimum concinnum</A> and <A HREF="http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=iris+douglasiana&btnG=Search" REL="nofollow">Douglas Iris</A> (but I don't like the big, floppy bearded irises at all). <BR/><BR/>I could go on.<BR/><BR/>Astilbe, forsythia, lilacs and goldenrod are not common in my part of California at all, but pansies are as common as violets and daisies and petunias and zinnias. Of those, I only like daisies and zinnias.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163112206449554142006-11-09T17:43:00.000-05:002006-11-09T17:43:00.000-05:00Back when we lived in Wilton, Connecticut I had a ...Back when we lived in Wilton, Connecticut I had a friend who was a fantastic gardener - alpines from seed, a huge vegetable garden,all sorts of things. And she trained a Forsythia suspensa as a standard. It was stupendous when in flower in spring - single woody stem about 6 or 7 feet tall topped by this cascading mass of yellow flowers. Unique for me, but I think Ellie said she'd seen in in Horticulture magazine (we're going back 25 years here, maybe more) and decided she could do it. And did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163107698408039722006-11-09T16:28:00.000-05:002006-11-09T16:28:00.000-05:00Annie, no Stretch 'n' Sew, but wayyyy too much Hol...Annie, no Stretch 'n' Sew, but wayyyy too much Holly Hobby stuff when I was a kid--which likely contributed to my intense dislike of yellow! Sorry for the shorthand... BES=Black Eyed Susans.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163046855102567922006-11-08T23:34:00.000-05:002006-11-08T23:34:00.000-05:00I think Eleanor Perenyi looked into the rarity the...I think Eleanor Perenyi looked into the rarity theory too, long ago. I like Daisy-flowered chrysanthemums better than the pom-pom shapes. But with all mums, when the buds open, the colors never seem to match the tags. <BR/><BR/>I don't think I actually loathe many flowers, although some are useful in the garden without being thrilling. <BR/>Common favorites? Daffodils and iris, for sure. I also love columbine and dark purple lilacs. They weren't common in Illinois, but down here there are lots of magnolias with huge creamy flowers, to make five. <BR/><BR/>Christa - what do you mean by Tiger Lilies? Are you talking about Hemerocallis fulva - orange daylilies/ditch lilies? Or do you mean the tall true Lilium tigrinum that was called Tiger Lily by Alice in Wonderland? That's the one that's always been Tiger Lily to me, but lately I've heard people use the name for daylilies. This might be one of those cases where we need a little Latin! <BR/><BR/>Kim, I'll have to check with my older kids to see if they bear scars from growing up with floral wallpaper and harvest gold appliances in the late 70's. Did your mother also torture you by garbing you in Stretch 'n' Sew creations? Also I am clueless as to what BES means. <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163029765843060422006-11-08T18:49:00.000-05:002006-11-08T18:49:00.000-05:00I agree with the clerk about the meme!Here are my ...I agree with the clerk about the meme!<BR/><BR/>Here are my most loathed:<BR/>1) rudbeckia (I blame growing up in the 70s amid appliances and flower patterns in harvest gold, avocado green, etc., for my hatred of BES)<BR/>2) forsythia (just not a pretty shrub)<BR/>3) burning bush (I've only seen one used well in the landscape, in a picture on someone's blog)<BR/>4) pink echinacea purpurea (pink and brown just don't do it for me)<BR/>5) mums (sorry, Xris!)<BR/><BR/>Some of the ones I love:<BR/>1) iris (remind me of grandma's garden)<BR/>2) peonies<BR/>3) roses (not in a formal rose garden)<BR/>4) ornamental grasses <BR/>5) herbs (all of them!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1163029714372998042006-11-08T18:48:00.000-05:002006-11-08T18:48:00.000-05:00"Common" flowers I love:- Lilacs- Daisies- Zinnias..."Common" flowers I love:<BR/><BR/>- Lilacs<BR/>- Daisies<BR/>- Zinnias<BR/>- Petunias<BR/>- Even marigolds!<BR/><BR/>I loathe... Tiger Lilies.Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905386163490128028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-1162962635987157182006-11-08T00:10:00.000-05:002006-11-08T00:10:00.000-05:00You should make this a meme (whatever the hell tha...You should make this a meme (whatever the hell that is) and tag 5 bloggers to make the list and pass it on. Everyone has to post theirs on THEIR blog and email info to you... and then you can figure out MOST Loved and Loathed.<BR/><BR/>I'm still thinking about it. Love is easy. Loath? Harder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com