Top ten annuals/bedding plants

[Pete]

Saw this list in a magazine today apparently it's Britain's favorite top ten annuals/bedding plants take a look and see if you agree or have you got your own top ten list?

1 Fuchsia
2 Pelargonium (geranium)
3 Sweet pea
4 Pansy/viola
5 Petunia
6 Dahlia
7 Lobelia
8 Begonia
9 Cosmos
10 Poppy

 

[kaydee]

Surprised not to see old faithful nasturtiums.

 

[claudine]

I don't like Fuchsia nor Pelargonium, I don't want them in my garden.
But I love poppy and I really miss it - as far as I know it's banned in my country

 

[DrCase]

It's over the pond list for sure

 

[kaydee]

That is an interesting comment DrCase. This forum is a lot more international than the previous one I used. Lots of new plant names cropping up & different ways of going about gardening too. I've heard of the U.S. zone system for plant hardiness but don't know how it works. Yard is another one - which I think is what we would call the back garden. Perhaps here in Britain particularly we do get a bit insular & think everybody plants the same stock.

 

[jennywrenwrites]

I am not into annuals much. I prefer perennials. Perhaps I am weird but I have always felt it was a waste if they do not come back...

 

[Gill]

Anything EXCEPT petunias!!!!! I know they're big and blowsy and come in all colours but they do nothing for me I'm afraid I grew them once and the stickiness when I was deadheading was just yuck! Perhaps I should give them a second chance next summer?

 

[LouisFerdinand]

I like the list. I have planted several annuals for yard customers. Some of the flowers have been Dahlia, Lobelia, Begonia, Cosmos, and Poppy.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Summer bedding plant ideas

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I would have expected Alyssum. Some of them may be white, but there is nothing that is just white there

I don't like Fuchsia nor Pelargonium, I don't want them in my garden.
But I love poppy and I really miss it - as far as I know it's banned in my country

I can understand some of them being banned, but all poppies? Surely some grow wild?

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Have none of them, don't use any of them. moving on.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

I would have expected Alyssum. Some of them may be white, but there is nothing that is just white there

I can understand some of them being banned, but all poppies? Surely some grow wild?

@Oliver Buckle, Why are poppies banned?

 

[Oliver Buckle]

@Oliver Buckle, Why are poppies banned?

I don't know, but I would guess because the sap from quite a few of them is psychoactive, and from some can be used to make opium.

 

[Sheal]

Poppies aren't banned here in Britain. Papaver, the large oriental poppies that produce opium can be grown for their flowers, but it is illegal to harvest them for opium.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Poppies aren't banned here in Britain. Papaver, the large oriental poppies that produce opium can be grown for their flowers, but it is illegal to harvest them for opium.

@Sheal, Thank you for the clarification!