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

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
edited May 2019 in Wildlife gardening


Creeping buttercup and Speedwell ... gorgeous 😊 

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    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 Posts: 7,093
     :D lovely

    We've hit 'peak cow parsley' here  :o
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2019


    ... and here 😊 but it’s Ravenswing and I planted the original one here so not really a weed 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    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: 1,054
    Dovefromabove said:

    Creeping buttercup and Speedwell ... gorgeous 😊 
    Can't beat a lawn full of buttercups and daisies this time of year!
  • SandygardenSandygarden Posts: 119
    Loving your weeds. Here’s my Alkanet patch at the end of the garden which the bees are crazy for
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s great ... if you’ve got the space for it ... isn’t it 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Urgh I HATE creeping buttercup one of my worst weeds, speedwell is fine but not buttercup horrible spreading stuff.
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    But if you love 'em and want 'em they ain't weeds :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    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 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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