Do you have a least favorite species that you still own

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Australian fingerlime.
Frustrating little bush that is. The needles don't make anything easy. Spider mite bonanza.

Second place is Prunus rosea plena; wonderful flowers but dies back if you look at it the wrong way.

Juniperus phoenicea get the third place. Out of all the junipers I have, this is the one that frustrates me the most. Sits around all day and does nothing.

 

[just.wing.it]

I have to say.....I guess.....Hornbeams are not my least favorite species....but maybe my least favorite to look at while in-leaf.
I think I need to build a shady section for them....they just get destroyed by the sun.

Maybe Dwarf Alberta Spruce is my least favorite....for now.

 

[Mapleminx]

On my “nope” list is
Olive - resilient but I just don’t like the trees which is ironic because I can’t get enough of its actual fruit.
Ficus - Any of them, just not a fan
JBP - Those just refuse to stay alive for me.

 

[hinmo24t]

that was my classic walmart ginseng ficus until 3 weeks ago when i removed 5 branch cuttings and threw it into the compost pile

 

[RKatzin]

Funny you mention it because I have this one tree and I've been giving it a lot of contemplations lately. It's a Trident maple and I have had it since '08 or '09 when I bought it as a pencil size seedling. I gave it a few years in the garden where it grew to about twelve feet tall and almost four inches at the base. I chopped it and dug it out and it spent the next several years in a grow box. It's always grown well and never a problem with the health and vigor. I made a few mistakes, a couple of low live limbs I should have removed years ago have developed into subtrunks and the branching is askew from the best root exposure, but I can live with all the. What's bugging me about it, and something I haven't been able to rectify is it has very long leaf stems. So long (2"-3") that the leaves all hang down and the tree always looks like it is about to go into full wilt. I tried defoliating once and guess what, the leaves came back smaller, but the leaf stems stayed long and you could now see the stems because the leaves were smaller.
I love the tree for its beautiful spring and fall display and it really does look okay from twenty feet away. Seriously considering making it a landscape tree and let it get big. If you know some way to reduce the stems I'm open to suggestions.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Pinus Masochisticus.

Besides being hard to pin down whether JBP, Mugo, or Tumbleweed.... this little SOB has been awful right from the start which was about 8-10 years ago.
People venture GUESSES as to what it is.
What it DOES is another ball of twine.
What you see is what it is now.



It loves to spring back if I remove wire. Even wire that's been on for a long time. I think it is just fucking with me.
It abhors anything green on its branches. Loves the skinny Twiggy look.

It is going to sit in that large pot til it dies or I do.


Anyone asking for better pix can have the damn thing.

 

[Mapleminx]

I should also add anything Alnus, not from any attempts at bonsai but from an allergy perspective it’s the only tree that torments me in a whole different way. Gotta love that leper look if I happen to pass ONE during pollen season.
I don’t own any as landscape trees because I am not a masochist, but I can’t help it if others plant them nearby.

 

[Carol 83]

Adam did an amazing job with one potting it into a crescent pot. Did you see that one? It was within the last month if not mistaken. In case others would like to see it. I went ahead and shared.

This shanty may make you like it more. Lol

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I just have a personal dislike for the tubes.

 

[Carol 83]

I have a dwarf gardenia that is perpetually almost dying and bouncing back every year. Never seen it flower in 3 years and have only pruned it the day it I got it. Really obnoxious plant.

I have one too, it is also frustrating.

 

[Cadillactaste]

I just have a personal dislike for the tubes.

Ahhh...yeah...and get that. Fair enough.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Pinus Masochisticus.

Besides being hard to pin down whether JBP, Mugo, or Tumbleweed.... this little SOB has been awful right from the start which was about 8-10 years ago.
People venture GUESSES as to what it is.
What it DOES is another ball of twine.
What you see is what it is now.

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It loves to spring back if I remove wire. Even wire that's been on for a long time. I think it is just fucking with me.
It abhors anything green on its branches. Loves the skinny Twiggy look.

It is going to sit in that large pot til it dies or I do.


Anyone asking for better pix can have the damn thing.

Pinkie promise...I won't ask for a better image.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Pinkie promise...I won't ask for a better image.

Oh PLEEEEASEEEE.....

 

[Mikecheck123]

Funny you mention it because I have this one tree and I've been giving it a lot of contemplations lately. It's a Trident maple and I have had it since '08 or '09 when I bought it as a pencil size seedling. I gave it a few years in the garden where it grew to about twelve feet tall and almost four inches at the base. I chopped it and dug it out and it spent the next several years in a grow box. It's always grown well and never a problem with the health and vigor. I made a few mistakes, a couple of low live limbs I should have removed years ago have developed into subtrunks and the branching is askew from the best root exposure, but I can live with all the. What's bugging me about it, and something I haven't been able to rectify is it has very long leaf stems. So long (2"-3") that the leaves all hang down and the tree always looks like it is about to go into full wilt. I tried defoliating once and guess what, the leaves came back smaller, but the leaf stems stayed long and you could now see the stems because the leaves were smaller.
I love the tree for its beautiful spring and fall display and it really does look okay from twenty feet away. Seriously considering making it a landscape tree and let it get big. If you know some way to reduce the stems I'm open to suggestions.

And you're sure on the species id? Sometimes they're hard to distinguish from Acer rubrum, which has those longer petioles.

 

[just.wing.it]

Pinus Masochisticus.

Besides being hard to pin down whether JBP, Mugo, or Tumbleweed.... this little SOB has been awful right from the start which was about 8-10 years ago.
People venture GUESSES as to what it is.
What it DOES is another ball of twine.
What you see is what it is now.

View attachment 387422

It loves to spring back if I remove wire. Even wire that's been on for a long time. I think it is just fucking with me.
It abhors anything green on its branches. Loves the skinny Twiggy look.

It is going to sit in that large pot til it dies or I do.


Anyone asking for better pix can have the damn thing.

This requires a thread.

 

[Forsoothe!]

On my “nope” list is
Olive - resilient but I just don’t like the trees which is ironic because I can’t get enough of its actual fruit.
Ficus - Any of them, just not a fan
JBP - Those just refuse to stay alive for me.

I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't like Figs. They are bulletproof and there are many "looks", -different shaped and colored leaves and they make great houseplants in front of almost any window. This especially so in the temperate zones where winter means no plant activity or appreciation outdoors. They are also relatively cheap for nice material. What's not to like?

 

[PA_Penjing]

I have a $13 Lowe’s ficus microcarpa that is technically coming along very nicely. No pests no diseases I just hate it. It’s a tropics in Pennsylvania… it makes me mad. I took it to my job on Main Street and put it out front on the sidewalk and no one will even steal it. The flowers are spilling over onto it and I won’t even move it. Yet, I won’t throw it away

 

[LittleDingus]

I took it to my job on Main Street and put it out front on the sidewalk and no one will even steal it.

An aside: my buddy and I found a $5 bill blowing in the wind in front of our busy office building. For kicks, we stuck it on a fence post under a rock in plain view of anyone walking by.

3 weeks later we _thought_ it had finally been picked up...until we found it up against the building. Apparently the wind had blown it off.

People are both more trustworthy and less observant than most give them credit for!

My tree that I hate but can't kill is a blue boy/girl holly. I kicked it around the landscaping so much that the rootball was out of the pot more than in! This spring I finally chopped it way back and dared it to live...darn thing is leafing out nice and dense now...

 

[Mapleminx]

I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't like Figs. They are bulletproof and there are many "looks", -different shaped and colored leaves and they make great houseplants in front of almost any window. This especially so in the temperate zones where winter means no plant activity or appreciation outdoors. They are also relatively cheap for nice material. What's not to like?

They are also toxic and I have one cat that’s an idiot. So I have limited safe space indoors for a fig,

 

[dtreesj]

Jacarandas. I was almost hoping they would die, but they refused. They are tough trees. I'm still halfway working on them but also thinking about giving them away.

 

[badatusernames]

Fukien Tea is pretty high on my shitlist. I lost the mother plant this winter in the greenhouse, but a scrawny chance seedling that I found last fall is still alive. I'm not sure whether I should set it on fire, or...

mine refuses to die no matter how much i cut it. what can i say, he’s a fighter, just look at him