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What can u not grow in ur garden.

35 replies

Paranoidandroidmarvin · 24/07/2022 08:07

I cannot get any clematis to stay alive in my garden at all. Had three gone this year.

but my lavender that I planted this summer is enormous!!!!

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PissedOffNeighbour22 · 25/07/2022 10:07

Never been able to grow a hydrangea in any of the gardens I've had.
We moved last year and some things are doing much better but others are struggling. Fuschias went mental in my previous garden but are struggling here.

housepilot · 25/07/2022 11:17

Lupins and Iris!

MrsJamin · 25/07/2022 12:02

Clematis, I've given up buying them now as they just don't seem to take in the soil at all, it's like I have potted them up in concrete they die so quickly.

MrsJamin · 25/07/2022 12:03

Tomatoes too - they need so much care and attention to water, stake, etc and then they get blight or don't ripen before autumn, just so pointless.

DaphneduM · 25/07/2022 12:06

Delphiniums - never ever managed to keep them long enough to flower. Ditto echinacea. Our garden is slug and snail central!

purplecorkheart · 25/07/2022 12:12

Rosemary, in my old house I had bushes and bushes of it. Not one plant will grow in my new house. The owners of my former house still give me cuttings but they do not take. I have tried purchasing plants etc and nope nothing works

Perfectlystill · 25/07/2022 14:57

MerylSqueak · 24/07/2022 08:59

Peony. I've had two for three years. They come up, grow about 10 inches and then suffer and die all summer.

Mint hasn't taken very well here either.

Me too. Exact same

Paranoidandroidmarvin · 25/07/2022 15:55

I’m so sorry. I know it is heartbreaking when things so grow as it upsets me. But some of these are funny. I can’t grow clematis either. Tried three this year and have given up. My jasmine however is enormous. So going to go with that on my pergola next year.

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Geneticsbunny · 27/07/2022 16:40

ladygindiva · 24/07/2022 08:43

Roses. And hydrangeas. I think my soil doesn't drain too well.

They both like clay soil so I assume don't want very good drainage?

applesandpears33 · 27/07/2022 18:04

Grass here too. It doesn't help that the garden is damp. Our lawn is decidedly patchy as the moss all died off this year. At least in other years it looks green because of all the moss.

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