Plants I Will Not Grow Again

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Full list + Zones:
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' 9-2
Phyllostachys nigra 10-5
Silybum marianum 10-6
Acanthus mollis 9-5
Rubus cockburnianus 9-5
Rosa - all varieties 11-4 (editor note: except Rosy fibbed and does grow 6 apparently)
Berberis 8-4
Aucuba japonica 9-6
Farfugium japonicum 10-7

[@BetsyAlt-d8n]

I love your attitude. To each their own but ROSES are such a literal pain with so little reward!

[@sandytigard2753]

The older I get the longer my ‘not in my yard’ list gets. My list is much longer than yours.

[@lindab1458]

This had me laughing out loud, as people know I have certain no no plants that I won’t grow. Love your honesty 😊

[@aina2165]

Me too! 😅 I just had to subscribe immediately!

[@lindab1458]

@@aina2165 You’ll have lots of fun watching older videos and learn so much. 😊

[@aina2165]

@@lindab1458 I am looking forward to it! ☺

[@patrickgallagher3513]

Bluebells. Great in a wood in the country but a nightmare to eradicate! Also florists daffodils. Bred to have long stems for the cut flower trade, they flop over and the leaves get in the way after flowering. Much better to stick to the tiny ones I think!

[@Greatgranny]

That’s cheered me up! So good to hear an expert declaring reasons I share for disliking some plants. Great sense of humour too😂

[@rosita3768]

Hello from Poland! Bishop's weed indded! Can't get rid of it! The same with Accantus. But... have over 400 roses. 😵‍💫Hovever, hate berberis 😂. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, thank you.❤

[@elizabethbarberis9957]

Hi from the U.S. Bishop's Weed is a nightmare I'm lucky enough to have avoided.

[@mr.rodriguez5099]

Aucuba is like that when it is planted in the wrong place. Put the Aucuba in deep shade and it will get some deep green leaves with some gentle yellow shades. Lovely plant in the right place

[@suzw7154]

I loved this video and agree with so many! Was totally going, finally yes someone feels same about roses. I have one more I passionately dislike- mahonia (obviously not thornless) My mums garden I now look after has one that is huge and viscous. You can’t escape being spiked, even the youngest leaves. Even worse the dead leaves when trying to do weeding and clean up and I’ve not yet found gloves that they can’t find their way through! I can appreciate flowers and berries but I’d rather they were far away from me! (Rant over) 😆 I say rant over but I just remembered when tidying roses (not in my garden) last summer standing up and getting spiked in the top of my head - had an impressive amount of blood down the face. Still couldn’t convince them to get rid!

[@janspenno2241]

I totally agree with creeping Jenny never again

[@paulinecrispin121]

Hi, once again, a great video. I had creeping jenny in a container. It escaped and took over a flower bed. 😮

[@jumprope04]

Rosy, you’re delightful! Appreciate your honesty and warnings. We’re beginner xeriscape gardeners in TX (3 yrs). Harsh conditions w/ climate change. Feel the same as you about a few popular plants here recommend to us - nope! My husband will enjoy this video. And I’ll be laughing all day! 😂

[@helenafarquhar3711]

Talking of roses.......bet you've never had to argue with the 'Rambling Rector'..absolutely vicious thorns, but worth ot for the vast quantity of small white blossoms (c144/ raceme) that smell of apple blossom!

[@digidol52]

Yes, a fabulous and bomb-proof rose. An English garden without roses? I don't think so!

[@scallywags12]

There are thornless roses. Goldfinch yellow and white, Bleu Magenta mauve Kathleen Harrop pink fragrant and a dozen more. I agree about creeping Jenny, black bamboo and Bear breeches. Just thugs! Thanks for the tips !

[@angusscott1370]

Montbretia and Spanish Bluebells…….. I’ve been trying to eradicate them for 25 years…..and they keep coming back 😢

[@lorraineedmond5921]

I agree about the yellow splotches. They look like paint dripped on them. But I love silver variegation, especially if it’s stripey. Purple variegation looks like bruises to me 😂

[@giselawinter7613]

Haha, I love your honesty. I so enjoyed this video.

[@costask3404]

I really enjoyed this video! I actually love plants with thorns myself & have a particularly soft spot for David Austin roses, but I totally get what you mean. I keep thinking that because I love them, surely they wouldn't hurt ME! 😂 That does not always work of course. Thanks for sharing!

[@carolinesmith5297]

I love your honesty,you are funny,but I'm taking everything on board,thank you so much.xx

[@jdakat88]

Iceberg roses are nearly thornless. I have the same problem with roses tearing my skin. I love the icebergs, both in white and pink.

[@lisamorgan-anstee3831]

This is refreshing..! Yes..let me know the plants that aren't a good idea.

[@donaldauguston9740]

I agree about many of these selections. Like SandyTigard, I have a LONG list of "not in my garden" plants. Roses is one of the top.

[@gailthornbury291]

I thought I was the only one who thought some variegated plants look diseased! I also cringe at some of the grossly double tulips and some of the double lilies. Abominations.

[@steveneardley7541]

Hate frilly irises, ruffled daylilies--vulgar, ugly and don't combine well with anything.

[@jocelynconvery3462]

What a pleasure to listen to you Rosie. Quite fabulous

[@juliacolton1259]

Always interesting to hear other people's pet hates. I do find roses bit needy but my absolute hate is houttuynia. It's taken me three years to try and get rid of it and I doubt I have. It also stinks!

[@Hollywiththeflowers]

The smell is VILE it’s really too much for me to, it’s like gone off citrus mixed with mouldy bread . Oh jeepers it’s horrid

[@ericjorgensen8028]

Yes. THIS!!

[@steveneardley7541]

The stinkiest plant I've ever smelled is the buffalo gourd (cucurbita foetidissima--"most stinky cucumber"). Some people have described the smell as bad human body odor, but I think it's much worse than that. To me it smells like a mangy dog. It's a very complex smell. It has a lot of components--all of them BAD.

[@emkn1479]

Rosy’s hot takes and unpopular opinions 😂 love it

[@lenafagan4706]

30 years trying to remove muscari. Plant with caution.

[@davidcobb8422]

Hi Rosy great advice info video from your experience dealing with those plants...

[@louiseirving9845]

It took a while for me to watch this, due to the anti rose vibe. The other info was great, and really interesting. Re roses: I went 'la la lala' x 2,000 in case I heard something I didn't want to hear. I am NOT going to creep back and see what you said... no, I'm not...

[@JoseMartinez-df2db]

I've been growing roses since I was a kid and almost never get cut. I don't know what you are doing to get cut so often.

[@francesmcgrath5663]

I so enjoy listening to you, you make me smile. 😊

[@lindsaymason6979]

I don't like most variegated plants either. I did buy a beautiful iris varigata that has a nice, single white stripe through the leaf. It's pretty. But no yellow variation or blotchy/speckled leaves. I just don't like them. Love roses, though! Haha 🌹 Avoid spiderwort at all costs. It's native here in the US, but horrible. Sends runners everywhere and if you leave just a tiny piece of it, it comes back. The name says it all!

[@suz7196]

I love Creeping Jenny i have it rambling over my pots and paths. Even some is growing in my small pond. I also love Nasturtium's which now self seed all over the place. My Husband sadly laid fake grass and we have a lot of decking so I do everything I can to soften the whole look and for me it works brilliantly. Each to their own of course.

[@anitaswart.]

I agree, Creeping Jenny is one of my favourites. I wish it would become a ground cover I my garden. And I don't find it invasive.

[@heliotropezzz333]

I love nasturtiums. I love their special smell and the sight of them which reminds me of my childhood but I don't have the space for them in the garden. I used to grow them in an allotment in a shady area. They would return every year but when they died in the Winter they left a large bare patch of earth.

[@dorotaazzopardi8718]

Thank you so much for your insights, Rosy! Spring is coming🍀I planted Acanthus in zone 5B - so far leaf only and it appear to be evergreen 😮

[@LAWandCoach]

Why the heck hasn't someone developed a thornless rose? There is a thornless blackberry.

[@Forevergardening99]

Thank you for a rare honest video. Enjoyed learning.

[@M-TGram]

Brilliant video, thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge 😊

[@CK-wn1ik]

Thank you for a most honest and delightful video. I totally agree with your views except for the roses as they are the one plant that grows well in my clay soil.

[@rosyhardy18]

I’m happy for other people to grow them and yes they love clay soils 😊

[@emkn1479]

Everyone hates “creeping jenny” 😂 but in my garden I’m just happy to have something covering the ground that can put up with intense deer browsing. Nothing much gets outs of control because they constantly prune for me 🙄 a few pieces from containers over the years are in fact taking over, but in this case I’m ok with it. There’s one called “chameleon plant” or “fish mint” that is actually too aggressive for me, since nothing eats it. The only rose I grow is Rosa rugosa…the animals don’t touch it, and neither do I 😅 I let it sucker and take over a hillside and I’m happier for it! The only pain is the Japanese beetles…hoping the moles take care of plenty of their grubs for me. And I’m so guilty of loving “those horrible little blotches” 😂

[@nicoles5852]

Me too I like Creeping Jenny; I have mine in an old chimney pot in the garden and it looks spectacular spilling over. I will get more for ground cover.

[@Bea768]

@@nicoles5852 I like creeping jenny too and I don't find it invasive at all. I planted them in one spot and it gets bigger but slowly. Love the colour too.

[@nicoles5852]

That was amusing thank you! My bete noire plant is alchemilla mollis. Beautiful when fresh and starting to grow, but when it dies down its hideous and depressing and shrivels up and is ugly! Plus, it self seeds everywhere..........

[@annashiegl]

Agree😮

[@turbostream7925]

I hate anything with thorns on it so roses I dislike too. I have a few in my garden, only because I inherited them when I moved back into the family home when mum died so they will probably stay out of respect to her. The other is wild strawberry, they have run amok in the garden and no matter how much I yank them up they still flourish. Ah well 😂

[@covenant-exe-apo]

I just went in a field of rubus cokburnianus and my pants are screwed. I agree on thorns.

[@susanlindadalton1287]

Creeping Jenny is a plant I bought last year and I loved it so much I want it again this year for my baskets. The acanthus molis is a plant we had in the garden when we bought the house. It has taken me years to get rid of it and so hard to dig up. So glad that after about 4 yrs it was gone.

[@LAWandCoach]

I'm with you on the variation. It must be done correctly along an edge maybe certain hostas.

[@HYTELES]

She showed a picture of pavement roses/rosa rugosa. I have these and the torns are not bad. It's a carefree variety that sends up nice runners that I easily propagate for new plants. Perfect for erosion control! I highly recommend them!

[@sonayozden4814]

Size minnettarım. Bu videodan sonra bahçemde birkaç gülün yerini değiştirdim. Sadece sekiz ay önce satın alındılar ve çok sağlıklılar. Bunları sizden duymasaydım belki de öleceklerdi. Çok teşekkür ederim

[@calvinmercer1125]

Nicely Done.

[@at1the1beginning]

I agree with most. Thought I was alone haha. Have to say though that I'm a convert when it comes to roses. Hated them for the thorns, blooms and allround in your face appearance, but I'm growing 6 varieties now. Flowers don't last long though and look ugly once they're past their prime.

[@Ukgardeningvlogs..]

Nice sharing❤

[@rabbitgregory9289]

I have Creeping Jenny, but it’s contained on all sides by concrete. It’s been there for at least 15 years. Still, I plan on getting rid of it this year and putting in perennial geranium. I suspect I’ll be pulling out bits of the Creeping Jenny for years.

[@Satarma61]

Great video! I agree with most except roses, just love the smell, but I only have one for the same reason mentioned in the video. I really enjoy your videos, I will be subscribing to this channel.

[@MyGardenEvolution]

Lol...I have a plant "hate" list too. For some reason barberry bushes are unacceptable to me due to their thorniness - but I'm a-okay with all my roses. I have about 25 rose bushes and plan to add about 10 more this spring to complete my rose garden.

[@steveneardley7541]

Hated barberry since I was a kid. I wondered why anyone would plant it, much less my parents. I have no problem at all with roses. One just as to be careful--a small price to pay.

[@philiplong7390]

Great advice. I had dug up my Acanthus Mollis it was covered in mildew and quite evasive. Everywhere i have been they have looked dreadful

[@simonbrown8509]

Love your frankness !

[@milliebutterfly]

I agree with roses. I only have one because my husband gave it to me as an anniversary gift.

[@SB_McCollum]

I feel the same way about variegated leaf plants. If you have lots of them they all start looking like they've been put thru a blender, nothing is distinct, the garden has just become a Variegation patch.

[@nathalieforde4205]

Fun video! Thank you 😊

[@nellrutzer5655]

Thanks...good tips!

[@gracepeterson7483]

My neighbor grows running bamboo right up against the fence. After multiple (lighthearted but firm) complaints from me, they're working on keeping it contained. However, there are still dead leaves that CONSTANTLY drift across the fence into my garden which require my constant cleaning.

[@at1the1beginning]

Now that's just nitpicking...Can't do much about the wind

[@gracepeterson7483]

@@at1the1beginning You're welcome to come over and sweep them up. Anytime, just let me know when.

[@TimS366]

My hatred of roses (still have a soft spot for the odd one) was born of spending my late teens in a field of the damn things heading back rootstocks and budding. Roses just remind me of back ache and burning hamstrings from bending over!

[@maymon207]

You're right about roses although they are lovely.

[@dandelionpark3673]

Love that x thank you

[@amyjones2490]

I agree! I don’t like plants that hurt me. If one wants beautiful scent that won’t hurt try mignonette. Dahlia from seed gets you beautiful flowers that pollinators like and you don’t have to over winter bulbs just save the seeds.

[@milkshake3350]

Saponaria officianalis is a one to watch too. Very pretty to look at but it took over my whole bed and took two years to eradicate. It likes to come up in the middle of other perennials so we had to dig everything up to clear it.

[@moniquemannaert3468]

Take a good size plastic container, cut out the bottom and press it into the soil. Plant spreaders in there, so it stays clumpsize, away from neighbouring rootsystems. Saves nutriënts too.

[@katrinkatterman3069]

😂 my garden rule is “no thorns”. The only reprieve are my raspberries & blackberries in containers, and even then I pick thornless varieties!

[@Kittykaetzchen1]

Thank you for the video - great advice as always 😊 is there an acanthus that you would recommend instead of acanthus mollis?

[@Bexyboo88]

I'm not keen on those spoltchy splattered variegated plants either, but there are some variegated types that I think do look lovely. My favourite - probably one of my most favourite plants I have now - that I got last year is Fatsia Japonica 'camouflage'. It is just stunning and I look at it everyday - it's stayed beautiful in all weathers that's been thrown at it so far, from hot and dry to sodden wet months of rain to freezing cold -6. Amazing plant. In regards to my Heuchera collection that got attacked by the dreaded vine weevil, I am wanting to treat with Nematodes when they are likely to be active again, probably once in spring, once in autumn to try keep on top of them. I wanted to ask when do you think would be best to use them, maybe March or April? And I was a little confused about ordering them - if I order them online, does the box need to be refrigerated as soon as I get it - so need to order when I want to use them - or is it only if you open it up, so can be ordered in advance? Thank you for the wonderful videos and advice :)

[@lilwilliams7277]

I have Acanthus Mollis coming under the fence from my neighbours. It’s a nightmare to eradicate 🙈🙈

[@oliviaglass3843]

Very funny 😂 ALSO a lot of truth in it. Sadly, I do own a couple of these plants in my NC garden.

[@susanok2264]

I, like you, don't grow a lot of roses. But I do have a beautiful thornless rose and one in a pot that is easily pruned. Also one David Austin with an addictive scent and some miniature ones that need little care or pruning. Over the years I've taken out the majority of the roses in my garden. Injuries and pain trump beauty.

[@Cheekymongoose351]

I detest Roses as well after taking care of 1,200 during my internship! Never in my Garden

[@olgapryce7833]

I agree with so many of these banned plans LOL. Barberries are pretty but I really do not like all the thorns

[@heliotropezzz333]

My Acanthus Mollis didn't get covered in mildew but it did get chewed to bits each year by slugs and looked a mess. I've dug it up but bits keep appearing still so I'm still digging bits out. I no longer grow plants that keep dying on me such as passion flower (passiflora), clematis, chinese lanterns, lupins, liatris, foxgloves (they just look diseased) hollyhocks, saxifraga and tulips. Hostas are also slug magnets.

[@christopherhills1609]

Agree with most of your choices Rosie…..not for me either. However, I like many variegated plants……esp euonymous Emerald n Gold, Aureus, Daphne odora aureomarginata, Somerset variegated, 😮hackonechloa old gold and aureo maculata, miscanthus Gold Bar, miscanthus Variegata, Libertia Taupo Sunset, gauras like Corries Gold and those you yourself have developed Rosie. Yellow leaves too are fantastic……philadelphus Aureus, gold conifers, cornus Aureus.

[@emilyackertrutten3722]

I think your milk thistle is the same as our Canadian (not from Canada) thistle - it's invasive, and VERY hard to eradicate. It propagates by stolons AND seeds. I'm battling it now - if you don't keep on top of it constantly, it totally takes over.

[@jameswesnga7709]

I absolutely hate berberis. I have two left from the previous house owners. I hack them back each year and I get poked every time without fail. However, I do have many roses in my garden and adding more each year. I will tolerate the painful pokes because of their beautiful blooms and scent. A plant that I will never ever grow is milkweed. (Please note “weed” in the name!) I know it is good for the monarchs and pollinators but they can grow out in the fields, just not in my garden. 😂

[@linamoles509]

I agree with all of what you said but not Roses, I love them and I have over 60 of them in pots or in the ground.Roses are my passion. 😊

[@rosyhardy18]

As I say it’s not for my garden but happy for others to have them so I can enjoy them from a distance 😊

[@Lea-zf7lm]

I call the Berberis the Barbarian plant. I hate it with a passion and chopped the ones growing in my garden, planted in there by a landscaper. My dislike of variegated plants is also well-known. The only plant I have that's on your list is the mighty rose, lol. And it has to have very few thorns and a fabulous perfume. Otherwise, I refuse to grow them 😂

[@juliashearer7842]

Pyracantha for the same reason but I do now grow roses after many years of not wanting to bother with them. Also carex pendula!! How is this plant allowed to be sold?!

[@jomassey4207]

My most disliked plants are hellebores, as the roots completely take over and are murder to remove, also the flowers are droopy and not really seen much. The other plant is Japanese anemones which are almost impossible to get rid they are so out of control. And finally the Mexican lily or alstromerias, which may have pretty flowers but once established, have corms that if you leave a tiny bit behind, keep on growing. JO.😊

[@grai]

I thought I was the only one who thought blotchy leaves looked diseased😂 Can hardly bear to look at them

[@Knappa22]

Bamboo in general a no-no. They’re so thuggish

[@housenumberfourteen7534]

What would you recommend for trailing pots instead of creeping Jenny? I was just about to buy it!

[@elizabethbarberis9957]

As long as it doesn't escape the pot you're fine. If it touches the ground it will root and travel all over. I was so excited when mine survived the winter in my zone 5 garden. Unfortunately it smoothers your beautiful plants and takes over. Just make sure you keep it trimmed and away from the ground.

[@sheilabernadetteclairemcin1107]

Love variegated leaves. I kill roses (not On purpose) always hated gladioli especially peach but this year ihave challenged my self to grow a Nori ( purple abd white) and at night (deep scarlet) . Hate pyracantha soooo prickly. Ivy in pots is fine..i love creeping jenny . Dont mind it in my grass as i have problems with yarrow in my grass.

[@vorong2ru]

there are thornless roses:)

[@mikeomolt4485]

Actually checked to ensure this wasn't an April fools video. Wondering where some of these plant names come from. Rubus Cockburnianus Silybum marianum

[@jamesdavies7513]

I'm glad we all that friend who won't take the hint when we say no no no to a plant 😒😂

[@LAWandCoach]

The thistle is outlawed in some places of US.

[@anneconoulty4722]

😂love this video

[@geraldinerumble3071]

I am desperately trying to get rid of green alkanet from my garden . Has anybody got any good ideas ? I bought it as a good ' bee ' plant but it has spread invasively. Help !

[@sandytigard2753]

That’s considered a noxious weed in my state - not that a classification stops it. Easier to pull/dig if it’s rained or you water first the night before.

[@stephentookey5519]

Agree with you about roses, I hate pink japanese anemoneis just like the bears bitches if you leave any tiny bit of root away it will go and take over. white ones don't seem as bad.

[@nicoles5852]

Agree re the pink ones. Last year I bought a white one as they look so pretty.

[@suepercy8390]

I’ve killed 2 creeping Jenny’s. Does that make me a good or bad gardener?

[@elizabethbarberis9957]

A lucky one.😊

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Mint.

[@marilynsmith8054]

A garden without roses!!😢😮

[@georgekoutsoudopoulos]

All the people that rush to hate variegated plants surely haven't thought about hostas...except for the hideous White Feather, I can't name a single unpleasant cultivar from the top of my head 😉 and that particular group of plants is all about variegation.

[@rosyhardy18]

Yes but it is not spots of variegation on Hosta it is subtle mostly 😊

[@georgekoutsoudopoulos]

@@rosyhardy18 thanks heavens for that 😉

[@maryrobinson9340]

Japanese anemones never plant them.

[@wearnotsheep]

It’s a shame as they are so pretty but will inevitably end up everywhere

[@muppelmuh1445]

I am about to plant them - in a raised bed where they can run. I hope running is all they do to achieve World domination because then I contained them. If they also seed? I am in trouble.

[@muppelmuh1445]

I agree about roses. Not for me. But I did find lykkefund which is supposedly thornless and makes pollinators happy. I really hope lykkefund stays thornless. Wish me luck.

[@steveneardley7541]

If I do not have some rampion, I shall surely die.

[@marilynsmith8054]

Creeping jenny is a nightmare. In 50 years I’ve never eradicated it.😮😮

[@LieuweJongsma]

There's some really questionable sounding plant names there. I know it's childish, but Rubus Cockburnianus had me giggling.

[@PetersayPeterdo]

I think I'd have to add Hollyhocks to this list. Although the flowers can be beautiful, the foliage is nearly always covered in rust, and looks so ugly!

[@matiascastro8097]

Sobre gustos no hay nada certero decia mi abuela y se sentaba en un hormiguero.