My wee lad came up with this question.
If you could only choose 10 plants for your garden, what would they be?

Here's mine:

1. Narcissus
2. Hardy Geranium
3. Fuschia
4. Rhododendron
5. Hydrangea
6. Hebe
7. Clematis
8. Rose
9. Box
10. Lily

I couldn't however choose just one variety of each :hihi:

What are yours?

Good one, my list at the moment...

1 sunflower
2 cornflower
3 wild native primrose
4 foxglove
5 lupin
6 delphinium
7 cone flower-echinacae
8 sneeze wort-helenium
9 bedding dahlia
10 annual geranium red only!!

daffs
hostas
petunias
marigolds
sweetpeas
busy lizzies
small architectural conifers
and more often daisy's, dandelions and young ragwort! :rolleyes:

I only have one and thats the Hydrangea. The only thing it lacks is scent.

Good question, though if you ask me in 6 months I bet at least 5 of my answers would be different!
Crocosmia
Dwarf Buddleia
Aster
Cornflower
Clematis (deep burgundy coloured one)
Pyracantha
Lemon Balm
Hebe (one of the flowering varieties)
Welsh Poppy
Ivy (autumn pollen for hoverflies, bees and butterflies when most other plants have finished)

for me exotic type plants
1. musa basjoo
2. butia capitata
3. Trachycarpus fortunei
4. Dicksonia antarctica
5. Dioon edule
6. Olea europaea
7. Howea forsteriana
8. Dypsis decaryi
9. Phormiums
10. Phoenix roebelenii

1 Fatsia Japonica
2 Phormium
3 Ecalyptus
4 Lavender
5 Succulents
6 Grasses -
7 Bamboo
8 Gunnnera
9 Magnolia
10 Cowslips

1. bind weed
2. ground elder
3. creaping buttercup
4. chick weed
5. thale cress
6. hairy bittercress
7. japanese knotweed
8. liverwort
9. stinging nettle
10. bramble

... didn't she say CHOOSE , not what you currently have LOL

LOL nice. :hihi:

:hihi:
I thought they were must have plants as most of the gardens round our way have them :D

LOL ... v funnee

I've got a purple, pink & blue theme going on so at the moment they would be:

. Liatris
. Foxglove
. Lupin
. Bergamot
. Echinacea
. Allium
. Lavender
. Night scented stock
. Cornflower
. Love-in-a-mist

oh nice, I'd like an invite to your garden please :)

Thanks :-) You can definately have an invite as long as I manage to grow everything ok!

This is my first full year with my own garden, all to myself and I'm a smitten kitten with the gardening bug so here's hoping it all goes to plan!

Mine would be

Lily of the valley
Lavender
Foxglove
Honeysuckle
Ox eye daisy
Primrose
Tulips
Bluebell
Hawthorn Tree
Snow drops
Grape hyacinths

There's eleven here, but who's counting?

lavender
honeysuckle
roses
crocosmia
clematis...any!
mint
fuschia
magnolia
peony
hydrangea

this is a half and half split of things i have and things that are on the wish list.

ive no doubt that they would be more though, if it only knew the plants names! lol

x

My top 10's easy because I have so few plants! :)

Hydrangea
Japanese Maple Acer
Clematis
Hebe
Camellia
Japonica Rubella
Dwarf weeping willow
Fatsia Japonica
Butterfly bush
Twisted willow

1. Bonsai trees (any species)
2. Japanese Maples
3. Bamboo
4. Grasses
5. Hosta
6. Ginkgo
7. Azalea
8. Cotoneaster
9. Loropetalum
10. Flowering Cherry

1 Onions
2 Garlic
3 Rhubarb
4 Leeks
5 Strawberry plants
6 Kale
7 Dwarf french beans
8 Raspberry canes
9 Fruit trees
10 Beetroot

Must have Climbers
Wisteria
Clematis
Passion Flower
Jasmine
Honeysuckle
Climbing Hydrangea
Rambler/Climbing Roses
Ivy
Virginia Creeper
Russian Vine

Are we only allowed 10? That's not fair!

1. Kerria japonica (Admiral's buttons)
2. Sarcococca hookeriana (sweet winter box)
3. Campanula trachelium (bats in the belfry)
4. Campanula poscharskyana (blue trailing bellflower)
5. Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrascens (black ornamental grass)
6. Anemone japonica (pink Japanese anemone)
7. Paeony sinensis Sarah Bernhardt (double pink tree paeony)
8. Tulip Angelique
9. Nigella hispanica (Spanish blue love-in-a-mist)
10. Hebe 'Blue Gem'

I'd also love some snakeshead fritillaries, some primula vialii, a whole load of bearded irises (especially Iris germanica 'Deep black'- I've got a bit of a thing for black flowers), some 'Queen of the Night' tulips (black again!), another Fatsia japonica (and a garden that it will consider growing in) and lots more different sorts of yuccas.

for me anything exotic but hardy
Tracycarpus fortunei
Butia capitata
Jubea chilensis
Phormium tenax
Fatsia japonica
Olea europa
Arisaema speciosum
Dicksonia antarctica
Arundo Donax Variegata
Asplenium scolopendrium

1. bind weed
2. ground elder
3. creaping buttercup
4. chick weed
5. thale cress
6. hairy bittercress
7. japanese knotweed
8. liverwort
9. stinging nettle
10. bramble

You would just :love::love: my allotment then :)