Most dissapointing plant this year

No, they are a different kind. I don't recall the name, but not carpenter ants.

Can I join in? I absolutely detest helenium autumnale 'Lolipops'!!! They are nothing more than weeds growing rapidly amuck in my flower bed. They have choked out my snapdragons and larkspurs that usually rebloom about ths time. The only "loli" I see is that they are "popping" out weeds faster than I can dig them out!!! Only one plant last year that bloomed this year ....and now has thousands of cockroached weed babies taking over!! It is gangly and unsightly ...if you are offered any seeds from this plant... don't reach out to accept them....immediately.... hightail it from the enemy and fly (if your wings won't allow you to fly, then run) as fast as you can in the opposite direction! Sorry, if I offended any cockroaches....off to dig up the weeds.

Are we to infer from your post that you are not a big fan of this plant?

Pirl~ LOL! ;0) no inference intended. " I DO NOT LIKE HELENIUM AUTUMNALE!".... Ok, I got that out of my system. I will go back out in a little while and dig up the rest of the cockroached weeds!

WOWWWW Thats passion

Now I'll have to go check to see if mine are reseeding.

Pirl~ I hope you have well-behaved heleniums, some of them are quite gorgeous, sadly mine are from the weedy side of town. I wouldn't even dare to give the seeds to someone I despised, ( true, there's not anyone I despise)..... let alone ruin potential friendships by sharing these cockroaching weeds to any gardening comrade....

Ge~ I passionately dislike these cockroaching weeds masquerading as flowers!

I believe it

Close your eyes if you ever spot Houttuynia and think it deserves a spot in your garden or you'll curse your eyes forever.

LOL, amen to that Pirl! Talk about a thug......

It scoffs at fire, laughs at Round Up and scissors are no match for it.

Pirl~ you are so right and if your neighbor grows it... the houttuynia will jump the fence, laugh at you and then run rings around your flowers...

I did Houttuynia to myself! Should smack myself in the head! Invasives really should require a big sign and a sworn statement of acceptance of the fact before paying for it.

After years of battling Aegopodium (Bishop's weed, Gout Weed, Goat Weed), I did manage to get rid of it but I killed good plants while doing it.

Should I really admit now that I also did Celandine to myself? What a scourge that one is!

OH NO...not celandine too! LOL! ;o)

I'm keeping notes on what NOT to buy

It took me an entire month but I did get rid of the ivy strangling plants and trees but it was inherited landscaping so I can't blame myself for that one.

Many people have major problems with Gooseneck Loosestrife but here it is well behaved and seldom wanders. When it does I cut it off, below ground, and it stays put for a long time before I have to do it again.

I was most disappointed by Rudbeckia this year. I loved the color of "Cherry Brandy" in the catalogs but it didn't bloom the pretty cherry red shown it was brown. Yech, at least for my taste. Two other varieties, Chim Chiminee & Cappuccino, bloomed just like the color in the catalog but I learned that just because I like something on paper doesn't mean I will like it in my garden.
I also learned that if something is growing in my garden I have a hard time getting rid of it. LOL, no kidding, I feel like I am committing planticide! I've been looking for months for a place to put a bed for all the plants I'm not fond of.

We all have a bed of "Thoughtless tosses"
Welcome to the club.
Sometimes they develope a beauty all their own over time.

My garden had many disappointments. First many seeds like corn and peas rotted. I did get 13 corn plants and what little corn they produced was yummy. Due to cold and wet summer I've been fighting blight on my tomatoes without getting much fruit. However, on the happy side squash has taken over half of my garden and if we get a late frost I might get a good harvest. I LOVE pie made with squash instead of pumpkin because the squash is so much sweeter.

From all I've heard in the past, on radio, from Arthur Schwartz, who used to be on WOR down here - canned pumpkin is squash and not pumpkin! Someday I'll read the label.

just cant trust anybody these days.
Field pumpkins are mealy and fibrous anyway and dont make good eating, just decoration and holloween jack lanterns.

When we did grow pumpkins, just for fun, the only part I loved was the seeds. Yummy but a lot of work.

When I was a young bride I bought a field pumpkn and tried to make pie with it. UGGGH

We should have a thread on young bride recipes. I had a whole bowl of nice cherries picked and was ready to make a pie when the insurance agent saw it and said he was sure they were poisonous. He called home and found out he was right!

thats funny but would have been tragic.

...or not.

Cheaper than a divorce.

but the trial for murder is so mesy

It's not murder if you didn't know the cherries were poisonous. It's just an unfortunate (fortunate?) accident.

I truly was thinking of the expense of the divorce.

funerals cost about the same, maybe more? Sounds like we have some issues? Anybody need to talk? LOL

He's been gone for a few years now.

I'm sorry Pirl

Don't be! We divorced after 28 years and I've been very happily married to Jack for almost 19 years.

whew!

My ex died too 12 years ago.
I have been happily single since 1964

My ex died about 5 years ago. I've been happily single since 1972.

Congrats. I cant see any reason to be married after children.

I've been happily married since I was 19. Almost 40 years. And they have been great years. I can understand wanting to be single Jo Ann, and Zuzu, but if, God forbid, my husband died first, and I thought I could remarry as well as I married, I would definitely do so.

A good marriage with a caring, sharing partner is a great thing. If it's not, I imagine being married would be horrible. I can't imagine having another person dictate what I do, rather than doing what I do because I care about the person. I recently have been having some back problems (along with Pirl), and my husband has helped me plant, dig, and divide irises, while doing all the housework, and most of the cooking. He did finally rush out and replace the dishwasher that went about 6 months ago though, after doing dishes a few times. And he's 67 years old, and was not brought up in the era when men did work around the house. He also accompanied me to my chiro visits, until I told him it wasn't necessary, as I really like the chiro. He takes care of me, and I take care of him, even though neither of us need taking care of, but it's a good feeling.

I wish all of you had experienced the happy marriage Russ and I have had for almost 40 years.

Amen
Happily Married 31+ years and more in Love than ever. ^_^