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Weeds v plants

BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
edited July 2022 in Plants
I haven't been able to keep on top of the garden since March due to work but I've pretty much finished the job now. Looking around the garden this morning, the recent growing conditions seem to have suited the uninvited guests more than those I'd like to grow :(

Furthermore, why is it that the Cyrils and Brians prefer to munch on anything that cost money rather than the free weeds?!

As an example, I believe this is a persicaria (redshank?) that has made itself comfortable and spread over a small area that was sown with cornflower, cosmos, zinnia, gypsophila and nigella. Not much evidence of a couple of those!



Presumably, I'm slowly realising what all gardeners have known since time began?  :D
East Lancs

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  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    I think it's called Sod's Law, isn't it. Weeds are only weeds because they are so common and robust. If a buttercup was rare and difficult to grow we'd all want them. And some weeds really are very pretty. Look at alkanet. Beautiful. Clover is lovely. It's  just that they take over the whole garden. You will grow resigned in time.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited July 2022
    @Biglad The time to really get going with the weeding is early March as long as the ground isn't waterlogged or frozen. Left any longer some will have set seed. Hairy Bittercress will grow all year round but does slow in drought conditions.
    Yesterday I was in the garden most of the day found just one snail. It's a worry these creatures are food for birds. We also have a baby owl in the wood nearby how do birds cope with this weather?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Don't worry @GardenerSuze - there are enough Cyrils, Brians and, at the moment, ripening blueberries in my garden, for the entire avian population of the UK to feast all summer :D They can then seek respite from the sun in the shade of my cool, northern estate ;) 
    East Lancs
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