WEEDS!
Hi,
So I'm very new to gardening and I've spent a considerable amount of time and money trying to make a wild flower garden. Problem is, it doesn't matter how hard I try, my garden just gets covered in the same 2 weeds. What are they and what do I do? Thankyou in advance.
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1. Looks like Cranesbill ... aka Herb Robert ... pink flowers, aromatic leaves when crushed, seed heads look like a crane's head and beak.
2. Mercurialis perennis ... aka Dog's Mercury ... green flowers ... often found in ancient woodlands.
Both are wild flowers.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The first one looks like Geranium robertianum, or Herb Robert, which is a wild flower and rather a pretty one. Butterflies love it. It does seed itself around, but the seedlings are easy to recognise and pull out if they are in the wrong place.
The second one is not one I know from my own garden, but best to get it out before it sets seed and makes the problem worse!
But out of the insane amount of mixed seeds, why are they the only two that grow?
Sod's law ...
They're the tough survivors of the group ......... what other seeds are in the mix and where are you sowing them?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just a standard box of shade wildflower seed mix. If im not mistaken tho, there wasnt any of the above wildflowers mentioned on the box. I liberally spread the stuff everywhere to see what would grow..... The answer.... These 2.
I once ate some annual mercury by mistake, it was very tasty. 20 minutes later, my lunch and I parted company. I was all right afterwards.