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Actually quite a useful plant for us garden designers as it’s an indicator of damp soil, but definitely one to weed out of your borders! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/7be12297-3272-4327-b3c5-c0bfbbd0a556/CEACB5E8-ECA7-41C1-834F-3E63D1A2581F.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out The early leaves of Herb Robert, one of our native geraniums. This is a really pretty plant with bright pink flowers that is very easy to weed out of the places you don’t want it. One to leave in wilder spaces though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/438a980b-8f24-420c-b111-36c75aa82464/8B382EF7-DAE7-42E7-B461-B93253444016.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Burdock. Grows into a huge plant with those really annoying sticky balls that get trapped in your dog’s hair (or your children’s when they insist on throwing them at each other!). The root has lots of medicinal uses and was famously used for the Dandelion and Burdock drink (do they still make that?!!). Biennial, so leaves one year and flowers the next. Really long tap root so difficult to eradicate I’m afraid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/2c6abe48-b5c7-4ade-bb6b-20b8d0b64268/FB7D86AD-516A-45FD-ACD4-D7252AB3F45E.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Cleavers or Sticky weed. Another edible which is high in Vitamin C but definitely one to keep an early control on in your garden before it runs amok! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/53ec7a8c-386b-4d42-8acf-d3308ac44409/F87EC889-ECB2-4AB1-B622-EE19115B21B6.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Chickweed, otherwise known rather sweetly as Little Mouse Ears. Used as fodder for poultry and edible for humans too apparently. Annual and easy to pull out. 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Good luck with getting rid of either of them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/1d6a7958-5b7b-4774-b845-97d62185e831/F3C60CB4-75C9-4243-BFDF-73C7A95EAEED.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Wood avens, Herb Bennet or Geum urbanum. Very similar to cultivated Geums so if you have those in your garden then do get to know these! They tend to be a bit sprawlier than the cultivated type. Perennial so a deeper root system. Very pretty yellow flower so good for shady wilder spaces but weed out in your borders before they set seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/6a8a338b-71ba-404f-a504-677088bb0dd7/037E1895-A66B-496D-AF41-49F06F9FBEC1.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Lords & ladies or Arum maculatum. Perennial which is very toxic so definitely one to get rid of! Always wear gloves and dig this one out rather than hoeing. Joined in an unholy trinity by Bramble and Dog’s Mercury. Bit of early buttercup in the bottom right hand corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/d95fecd5-f19f-407b-aa7d-fe208a372be4/8A4D8D69-017D-4E32-B250-099BE881B1D8.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Hogweed. Biennial. Another one with a tap root so can be difficult to remove. Gets enormous and the leaves can be very irritating to some people (it brings my son out in a rash) so try and deal with it while it’s still small. It seeds everywhere! So definitely chop any flowering heads off before they turn to seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/c78edc07-5c59-4089-8730-4d6659ce53ea/743F0A95-0864-41D8-A6DD-FFCA035D78EF.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Ground elder. Perennial weed, spreads by large white roots which often appear as a nub above ground. Keep on removing the leaves, it will eventually weaken the plant although in my experience it is almost impossible to eradicate. DO NOT LET IT FLOWER in your border. But it will look very pretty in your wilder spaces. Brought here by by the Romans as an edible plant (young leaves), thanks for nothing Romans (apart from the roads and stuff). Bit of couch grass photobombing in the top left hand corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab8c169f93fd4e09ae5b845/9ca9aeed-7cd2-459d-a14e-bf6637961f09/F89FB2C1-BC59-4DAE-9B61-2DDAFDAF4663.jpeg Blog - Is it a weed? - Make it stand out Early leaves of Ground Ivy. This is a really important plant for early pollinators so unless it’s in your border, I would let it flower and then remove before it sets seed. 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