What plants make you heart sing?

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I love all the plants in my garden. But there are a few that get my heart beating faster.
If you HAD to choose, what are your favorite plants in your garden and why?

Russian sage
incredibly beautiful, no care needed, pest and disease proof.

The russian sage flowers last from august till frost.

Thalictrum rochebrunianum
the photos don't do it justice, a beauty flowers for at least 6 weeks get's quite high, relatively carefree.

Scented plants.

Lavender. Lilac. Jasmine. Scented roses (not the pretty but unscented hybrid teas). Buddleia. Hyacinths. Lilies.

I'm for scented roses as well, especially the old fashioned varieties with heat musk perfumes. Also, cranesbill geraniums, their many varieties and forms that flower throughout the year.

Peonies. When they're tightly furled like footballs and when they burst open like crinoline-lady loo-roll holders.

I adore Day Lillies and have several colours,I have one that's over 20 years old. One fairly new one didn't flower last year but this had a really sturdy flower stem on and I was looking forward to seeing the flowers, but I managed to brake it off as I was covering it

It appears our cat loves them as well hence all now being covered which has not made them very happy.

This was one days flowers a couple of years ago

Alliums - structural, dramatic and the seed heads look great too.
Peonies - big, blousey and beautiful.
Ferns - great for a shady spot and give a tropical feel.
Oregano - lovely vibrant green mounds with a herby lemony smell.

Cosmos, purple irises, Sweet William

Roses and Daffs, the first sign of Spring.

Old roses, and some newer David Austin Roses like Gertrude Jekyll which has the most amazing scent ever. And an old climber called Mme Alfred Carrière.

And very blowsy and showy parrot tulips, especially a white and blush pink one called Weber's Parrot.

Nerines a reminder that autumn is on its way!

I second thalictrum and alliums

A really simple, flowering cherry is a joy.

Roses, lavender and fuchsias.

Roses, lavender and fuchsias.

Roses, lavender and fuchsias.

Daffodils, sweet peas and honeysuckle.

Alliums - I can't get enough of them and bring the seed heads in to decorate indoors too.

Blue salvia with yellow rudbeckia; ladies mantle with crocosmia; the first shoots of new rhubarb; foxgloves and roses together.

Oh rhubarb, I get all excited when the blooms appear, they are so beautiful.

Early spring flowers. Especially iris reticulata (the deeper purple the better) and aconites. A bit later, snakeshead fritillaries (plants with squares on! How cool is that?!) and ludicrous parrot tulips.

Aloe Vera

So many!

Alliums. Tulips. Daffodils. Blossom on trees. Clematis montana. Roses.

Big fan of nepeta six hills giant and erysimum Bowles mauve too.

I think my favourite though is a mauve coloured poppy I had in my old garden. Absolutely glorious.

Lilac, lilies, hyacinths, wildflowers, peonies, I love scented flowers.
I also really love pansies, just an endless combination of colours, and candytuft, I love the pastel colours.

Red hot pokers and Jasmine. Peonies too.