Plants that make you feel happy!

missdeke

Generally, it's unadulterated flowers, that bring me joy. Daffs that a yellow with a normal sized trumpet and petals for instance. Basically how they evolved in nature not bred.

If you drive down the M50 at the end of March, there are hundreds of thousands of the little native daffodils on the verges and in the surrounding woods, it’s a sight to gladden the heart.

Snowdrops for me. I miss my lovely acer which would have been red. yellow, orange and green now but died in the dry weather last year.

My mother planted a Zephirine Drouhin against the back wall of our family home. I have one growing up an arch which in season I can see flowering from my kitchen window.
You all mention many wonderful plants. Hard to choose! In my garden I have a blue agapanthus that ages ago seeded itself along a crack at the base of a west facing side wall and produces more blooms every year.

But I love our wild flowers best.Yes to primroses and violets. And to toadflax later in the year. I am lucky to live not far from an unspoilt coastline, and on a nearby cliff top every May there are many early purple orchids to be seen.

Snowdrops, foxgloves, and hollyhocks when grown in the right places.

For the first time since my children were small I have grown sunflowers this year. Every time I looked at them I smiled, such wonderful bringers of joy.

Cardoons. They're tough as old boots, they're dramatic to look at (mine reach 6'-7' tall) and they're no trouble to maintain - no fancy footwork, just zap the stems with loppers in autumn, then wait for the new shoots. Best of all, the bumble bees go crazy for the flowers. I never blanch and eat them, preferring to give them up to the bees, but in case of emergency at least we'd have something to eat.
I also love wisteria (traditional mauve), lilac (ditto) and day lilies (so much variety!). Sadly, no chance of growing any of these here, except a few day lilies in pots (hit-or-miss whether they survive).
Oh, and forget-me-nots. Cheeky little beggars come up all over the place but I just can't bear to grub them out.

I planted avocado stones and now have an enormous plant growing !

For me it's the daffodils, tulips and the other bulbs that come up in the spring signalling the start to another year.

My Wisteria is around three years old but has yet to flower. What can I do to get some flowers?

HobbyCat

I’m guessing this thread isn’t about the UK…

Nanna8 mentioned Spring and its Autumn in the UK. I think she is in Australia.

Love my white lilac! I get very excited every spring when it starts coming to life again. Its lovely scent wafts across the garden and makes me feel very happy

I love my Magnolia Yellow Bird tree. It has a short flowering season in May, but sadly didn't do very well this year. It doesn't like wind, so the weather probably played a part in its poor show.

I also like tulips - for me, the showier the better. Also double daffodils and roses

Gaura for me. They have really proved their worth this year as they are so drought-tolerant, but I have loved them for a few years now. Like mini-butterflies dancing in the breeze, so pretty! I have both the pink and the white varieties.

Also Choysia, the small leafed variety. It puts on a spectacular show in late spring, and is now flowering for the second time. Smells delicious! Again drought-tolerant and as an added bonus it is evergreen so gives a bit of structure in the winter. Very compact and slots in well in smallish spaces.

What a lovely Hubby !
My taste is quite simple - daffodils and tulips in Spring, fragrant roses like this one in Summer.

I only chose to mention the roses as they were personal. There are so many beautiful plants, trees and flowers. Thank you for this thread Nanna8, it is so close to my heart, as I’m sure it is to everyone else who is commenting. My best friend has a beautiful garden, overlooking a lake in a lovely Kent village. We buy each other plants for our birthdays, both in early May. So I have a fantastic Hosta, which is in a pot and the pot is in a copper tray - no slug/snail damage at all. Also, a fragrant Daphne and an Agapanthus. I currently have Sedum rooting in a vase, which I will pot on. I love Acers, Aquilegia, Peonies, Daffodils, Tulips, Clematis and so many more. Gardening helps to keep me sane. 🌹

The Hosta! 😊

fancy flowers I also have a magnolia Yellow Bird but kept it at a low height. I also have a purple flower magnolia and one with mixed colours.
I really love my rhododendrons with huge blossoms.

I look forward to seeing all the Spring bulbs in bloom~ Daffodils, Crocus,Snowdrops, Grape hyacinths, Tulips.
I’ve enjoyed looking at my patio with its cheerful pots of Busy Lizzies. They’ve been colourful all Summer and still looking good.

petra

Like most of us Gardners I love them all.
But if I was told I could only have one it would have to be my beauties Agapanthus.

I have a very healthy plant like this but it has sadly not flowered for a couple of years, used to get 2-3 flowers on it but never more. I have had it for around 5 years, what can I do to improve my care. It is in a large pot.

Hollyhocks in cottage gardens, irises, triggered by Van Gogh’s paintings, agapanthus, roses and so many more.

My avocado just died. It became pot bound ( very big pot ) and one of the roots blocked off the drainage hole. It reached about 8 foot and I am sad it has gone. There are one or two little ones growing in the garden but I don’t get fruit, too far south . I chuck the seeds out and some take, some don’t.
It is raining heavily today which is nice for us in a dry country.

Any rose gladdens my heart. My mums favourite, she grew some beauties which always seemed disease and pest free. I can’t imagine a garden without roses.

Nanna8 like you were coming into Spring, still a tad on the chilly side, there is still snow on the tops so a frost is more than likely. The daffs, down the bank are doing their thing, but my real favourites are the snowdrops and the bluebells. The little green dots on the snowdrop I think are exquisite.

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[nanna8] We don't have a big garden but two of my favourites are our Rudbeckia Summer Daisy Ping Pong (yellow), and our white potted geranium. The rudbeckia is coming to the end of it's season but still looks nearly as good as the day we planted it back in May - full of bright yellow flowers that last for months. The white geranium has been in the garden a couple of years now and just keeps on producing more and more flowers (we bring it into the conservatory through the winter).

Here are the Four Ladies cacti I mentioned yesterday!

I'm not sure which one is the original from when I bought it at Poundland in 2015, in a tiny pot and barely 2 inches high, but they've grown into some beauties and are very tall!

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