2017: plant(s) that you have been most happy with!

[Logan]

Not enough sleep is bad for anybody's health. Can get diabetes 2.

 

[alp]

For me, I am the opposite. I can induce myself to sleep just like that. I have the feeling that I might be depressed and just want to sleep.

 

[Robert Cummings]

I can see that I've started something now with my post on Bastard senna, perhaps I should have mentioned a another of my favourites Cytisus Battendierii the pineapple broom.

 

[Logan]

Another of my favourites is the pot marigolds

 

[marlingardener]

Logan, is pot marigold another name for calendula? If so, I think I'll get some seed and give them a go--yours are gorgeous!

 

[Robert Cummings]

We call these Calendula, rather than Marigolds.

 

[alp]

Logan, is pot marigold another name for calendula? If so, I think I'll get some seed and give them a go--yours are gorgeous!

@marlingardener @Logan has some more different marigolds and they are sooo different from the calendula or the marigold we have in mind. Have a go, especially if you have a big garden. I had to pull up my calendula as my garden is too small.

 

[Logan]

@marlingardener yes it is. You can say both.
I have some pygmy marigolds that grow to 8 inches.

 

[alp]

@Robert Cummings I was so out of my depth that I had to google this flower

I discover that you have a partiality to yellow! Hahaha, but I could be very wrong!

 

[marlingardener]

Ah, thank you both, Logan and Alp. We have big gardens, so I'll be trying calendulas next year.
I asked because our local seed supplier has calendula seed, but nothing called pot marigolds.
I plant French marigolds between the rows of potatoes to deter nematodes. So far it has worked, and it also makes the potato patch look so cheerful. What is it about marigolds of any size, color or shape that makes one smile?

 

[alp]

Ah, thank you both, Logan and Alp. We have big gardens, so I'll be trying calendulas next year.
I asked because our local seed supplier has calendula seed, but nothing called pot marigolds.
I plant French marigolds between the rows of potatoes to deter nematodes. So far it has worked, and it also makes the potato patch look so cheerful. What is it about marigolds of any size, color or shape that makes one smile?

I wish I had some of @Logan 's marigold from last year. They were proper marigold, not calendula ..boy,, they were sooo gorgeous..

 

[Robert Cummings]

@Robert Cummings I was so out of my depth that I had to google this flower

I discover that you have a partiality to yellow! Hahaha, but I could be very wrong!

I do like yellow, it's bright and cheerful, reminds me of Summer and happy holidays by the sea. But the Horticulturist in me also likes pastel shades too.

 

[Robert Cummings]

Glad you found a decent photo of Cytisus Battendierii Alp

 

[Verdun]

Have to give a mention to rudbeckia goldsturn...been in flower for weeks now and will continue right through the autumn. And, of course, the cannas. Prob the most majestic plants at this time of year. A dozen or more around the garden in shades of yellow, orange and red. I will add a couple more

 

[Robert Cummings]

Have to give a mention to rudbeckia goldsturn...been in flower for weeks now and will continue right through the autumn. And, of course, the cannas. Prob the most majestic plants at this time of year. A dozen or more around the garden in shades of yellow, orange and red. I will add a couple more