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Loving our weeds ... well, some of them ...

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 61,306
edited May 2019 in Wildlife gardening


Creeping buttercup and Speedwell ... gorgeous 😊 
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  • CeresCeres Posts: 1,823
    I'll second that. It does look gorgeous. So called weeds have a part to play in our gardens and they don't need any tender care.
  • raisingirlraisingirl East Devon, on the Edge of Exmoor.Posts: 3,843
     :D lovely

    We've hit 'peak cow parsley' here  :o
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 61,306
    edited May 2019


    ... and here 😊 but it’s Ravenswing and I planted the original one here so not really a weed 😉 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 13,146
    Love your weeds Dove.
    If you count self-seeders as weeds, I'd say my garden is a good 60% weeds.
    Here's just a sample!
    The under the step collection - one of many




    I used to know the name of this but I've forgotten - it might be feverfew


    The biggest weed of the lot - elderberry - planted itself just where I wanted a small tree. I give it a regular haircut.



    Valerian

    teasel



    pink valerian. the lovely red one is out the front. I'm hoping it will spread



    toadflax and euphorbia

    I also have a lovely pot of scarlet pimpernel, but there's nothing to see at the moment but leaves

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,057
    Dovefromabove said:

    Creeping buttercup and Speedwell ... gorgeous 😊 
    Can't beat a lawn full of buttercups and daisies this time of year!
  • SandygardenSandygarden Posts: 104
    Loving your weeds. Here’s my Alkanet patch at the end of the garden which the bees are crazy for
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 61,306
    It’s great ... if you’ve got the space for it ... isn’t it 😊 
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  • SkandiSkandi Northern DenmarkPosts: 810
    Urgh I HATE creeping buttercup one of my worst weeds, speedwell is fine but not buttercup horrible spreading stuff.
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,057
    But if you love 'em and want 'em they ain't weeds :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 61,306
    The creeping buttercup is weeded out where it’s not wanted ... but on a grassy bank by a wildlife pond ... you’d have to have a harder heart than mine not to smile at it 😊 
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







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