LEAST favorite plant

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  1. travelingbooklover

    travelingbooklover In Flower

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    Poison ivy and juniper- the only plants that have ever hurt me.
     
  2. CritterPainter

    CritterPainter Awed by Nature

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    Gotta agree with the rose comments. But in that same vein, I dislike anything that's disease-prone or that requires spraying toxic substances to keep disease away. I want plants in my garden that are happy to be there, even if I wind up with just sage and junipers!
     
  3. dooley

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    At this place I live now, it's comfrey. It grows wild and if you don't get all the roots it comes back twice as thick. The flowers aren't pretty and the seeds are burrs that stick to everything. I've thrown away sweatshirts rather than try to pick off the burrs. dooley
     
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    My roses dont need anything but a little food every now and then (and of course sunlight and all that :p), I can pretty much ignore them except for when theyre blooming o_O

    I hate poison ivy too, bugger sent me to the hospital once!

    We have this evergreen shrub by our front door, no idea what it is, but its very prickly, and when it dries, hurts like the devil when Im weeding around the area and accidently grab a stem that broke off.
     



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  5. Peppersage

    Peppersage In Flower

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    Roses are ok, as long as I don't have to take care of them, they can be a lot of work. Oh, mabye i'll plant some again some day.

    I'm with Toni, poison ivy, and it's evil twin poison oak, has got to be the worst. Most years it won't break me out, but it just keeps growing and growing. Every week, all summer long, i find more in the yard to kill.
     
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    CritterPainter Awed by Nature

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    Sounds like good ol' juniper, bip. Nice to look at, nasty to touch.
     
  7. TheBip

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    yeah I was thinking about that today, we have some juniper bushes at work (I work at good ol Home Depot) and thought "Theyre way smaller than ours (our bush is as tall as me) but thats what we have!"

    I also dislike Barberry o_O really anything that has prickles on it (cept for my roses ;D)
     
  8. catspower

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    bermuda grass! hands down, that is on the top ten list of "un-liked" plants. There is also cypress fern, anything with thorns, berumuda grass, kudzu, wild honeysuckle, bitter weeds, wild onions, wild johnson grass, sage grass, crown vetch, and bermuda grass.
     
  9. Jewell

    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    At the moment I detest a laurel hedge that out-grew its space and we didn't get completely removed before it flowered and set berries last fall. Millions of seeds and seedlings. I am pulling them from everywhere! What was once appreciated is now the felon in the yard.
     
  10. daisybeans

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    Vines, vines and vines. Especially wild honeysuckle, Virginia creeper and wisteria spreading where it shouldn't. Oooh, I can't stand vines. They are so sneaky, waiting until I'm not looking to jump across the fence and grab my hydrangea or lilacs, or to come up right next to one of my perennials.
     
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    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    I hate the wisteria,not because its not beautiful but it is not controllable.I don't like the Virginia
    Creeper for the same reason.I don't really care for roses either.I have 4 climbers and a Queen Elizabeth and a little almost thornless one and a tree rose which has vicious throns.
     
  12. kats_gardens

    kats_gardens New Seed

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    I'm not fond of baby maple trees at the moment
     
  13. stratsmom

    stratsmom Flower Fanatic

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    I don't think I like boxwood either. It smells icky!
     
  14. starface000

    starface000 Seedling

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    I totally agree. I don't know exactly what type of vine it is, I think wild grape, but this murderer grows up healthy trees and strangles them out. We have some all around the edge of our yard that we are trying to exterminate.

    I also don't like daises. They are pretty boring, and I see them in too many yards. I wish I knew why some people love them. Maybe then I could understand why so many people put them proudly in their gardens.
     
  15. Farmer Deb

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    Lamb's Ear. I originally loved it because it looks great, spreads, has pretty flowers and is hardy. Then it started taking over my yard and really attracting bees. Oh, can I add yarrow to that? Same reasons.
     

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