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Oh dear, I've cultivated a weed!

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Brilliant!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    When in the early 1970s I shared a rented house which had a garden. One summer we spent a lot of time planting what turned out to be rose bay willow herb and then discovered that the garden had been sprayed with a long lasting weedkiller and they all died off anyway.



    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    ... conversely I think I probably up rooted a load of honesty that I had planted but hadn't recognised. I was expected sunflowers and was miffed to realise they weren't that.
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Oh dear I'm on the silly step too! I found some lovely burnt orange hairy leafed daisy type things in our lane,brought one home,planted it with bone meal and plenty of water,I've googled it,but it seems it's just a very pretty weed!
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    If you like it, it's not a weed, it's a pretty burnt orange hairy leafed daisy. Don't be put off by nay sayers.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    One person's weed is another person's treasure. As Fire says if you like it (and it's not something pernicious like horsetail), then keep it!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That burnt orange hairy thing can be an invasive pest if it's happy
    Keep it unhappy and it's a lovely plant
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    I like it Fire! So it's staying at the base of my standing stone! (Just a rock stuck up on its end! )
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
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