Weeds

Dandelion

A weed is an unwanted plant but sometimes weeds can also be pretty. Here is a list of common garden weeds.

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		Cats Ear
		Creeping Buttercup
		Dandelion
		Pale Flax
		Scarlet Pimpernel
		Scrambling Speedwell
		Scrub Balsam
		Scrambling Fumitory
		Thistle
		Woolly Nightshade

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Cats ear look a lot like dandelion, but one can tell them apart by looking at the flower stem. Cats ear flower stems are branched, whereas dandelion's are not.

Flower Flower

This creeping weed colonises poorly drained soils. It produces stolons which root and grow into new plants (much like a strawberry).

This perennial has a long tap root and a rosette of leaves. If it is pulled and a bit of the tap root remains, a new plant will grow from the remnant. The leaves are edible, though bitter. The roots are sometimes used to make dandelion coffee, a coffee substitute.

Flower Flower Seed head

Pale flax has narrow stems and leaves and pale blue flowers. It is sometimes grown as a garden plant.

Flower Flower Flower and seed head. Flower

This creeping annual weed is often found in garden and veggie beds. Its distinguising feature is its small scarlet flowers.

This small creeping weed is often the first to colonise newly cultivated soil. Its distinguising feature is its small blue flowers.

Flower Flower

This large shrub has pretty pink flowers. It spreads through seed as well as self layering.

Flower

This creeping annual can quickly smother smaller plants. The flowers have a distinctive darker tip.

Flower

This biennial weed grows a rosette of leaves with lots of sharp spines. In the second year, it produces a tall spike with pinky purple flowers.

Seed Head

Woolly nightshade is a large shrub to small tree. The leaves have fine hairs that can irritate the skin. The berries are poisonous.

Flowers Flowers and Leaves