{"id":4264,"date":"2012-04-01T00:45:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T07:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2012-11-06T03:16:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T10:16:58","slug":"uncommon-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/uncommon-weeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon and Common Garden Weeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4263\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/uncommon-weeds\/attachment\/weeds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4263\" title=\"weeds\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/weeds.jpg\" alt=\"weeds\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/weeds.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/weeds-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A weed is a plant that is growing in the wrong place.&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;A weed has little virtue and lots of drawbacks!&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;A weed aint necessarily weedy, it can be quite aggressive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Common Weed Problems<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Some weeds grow in the expense of your cultivated plants taking nourishment, sun and space from more needy subjects.<\/li>\n<li>Nettles and brambles not only invade but get their retaliation in first by stinging or scratching the unwary.<\/li>\n<li>Weeds that self-seed freely such as dandelions and willow herb end up growing in the most inconvenient spots.<\/li>\n<li>Lawn weeds like clover and common daisies advertise the gardeners lack of application and break up the nice green sward we are aiming to grow.<\/li>\n<li>Bindweed can choke your prize flowers sooner than you can say columbine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4706110503\/\" title=\"Sticky Weed by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4026\/4706110503_8647ac9490.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Sticky Weed\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/most-common-garden-weeds\/\">Common<\/a> &#038; Uncommon Garden Weeds<\/h2>\n<p>Below is a list of <strong>over 100 weeds <\/strong>. I think I will hand my garden over to nature and let them thrive. (well may be not all of them). <\/p>\n<p>Meadow-grass,    Barren brome,  Black bent,      Black bindweed<br \/>\nBlack medick,    Black nightshade, Black-grass,    Bracken<br \/>\nBramble,        Broad-leaved dock<br \/>\nBulbous buttercup,    Canadian fleabane<br \/>\nCaper spurge,    Cat&#8217;s-ear, Charlock,    Cleavers<br \/>\nCock&#8217;s-foot,    Coltsfoot    Common amaranth,    Common bent<br \/>\nCommon chickweed,    Common couch<br \/>\nCommon fiddleneck,    Common field-speedwell<br \/>\nCommon fumitory,    Common hemp-nettle<br \/>\nCommon mouse-ear,    Common nettle, Common orache,    Common poppy<br \/>\nCommon ragwort,    Common sorrel, Common toadflax,    Corn chamomile<br \/>\nCorn marigold ,   Corn spurrey    Cow parsley,    Creeping bent<br \/>\nCreeping buttercup,    <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/couch-grass-cures\/\">Creeping soft couch grass<\/a><br \/>\nCreeping thistle,    Curled dock<br \/>\nCut-leaved crane&#8217;s-bill   , Daisy,  <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/dealing-with-dandelions\/\">  Dandelion<\/a><br \/>\nDwarf spurge, Evening-primrose,    Fat-hen<br \/>\nField bindweed,    Field forget-me-not<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/more-horsetail-or-mares-tail-weeds-to-eliminate\/\">Mare&#8217;s or  horsetail<\/a>,    Field Madder, Field pansy,    Field penny-cress<br \/>\nFlixweed,    Fool&#8217;s parsley, Gallant soldiers,    Garlic mustard<br \/>\nGiant hogweed,    Goat&#8217;s-beard<br \/>\nGreater plantain    Ground elder, Ground-ivy ,   Groundsel<br \/>\nHairy bittercress,    Hairy Tare, Hedge bindweed ,   Hedge mustard<br \/>\nHemlock,    Henbit dead-nettle <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/invasive-weeds-himalayan-balsam\/\"> Himalayan balsam<\/a>,    Hoary cress<br \/>\nHogweed,    Ivy-leaved speedwell, Japanese knotweed,    Knotgrass<br \/>\nLesser celandine,    Lesser trefoil,  Long-headed poppy,    Meadow buttercup<br \/>\nMouse-ear-hawkweed, Mugwort,    Nipplewort<br \/>\nOnion couch,    Oxford ragwort,  Pale persicaria,    Parsley piert<br \/>\nPerennial rye-grass,    Perennial sowthistle<br \/>\nPerforate St John,        Petty spurge,  Pineappleweed,    Prickly lettuce<br \/>\nPrickly sow-thistle,    Procumbent pearlwort<br \/>\nRed dead-nettle,    Redshank<br \/>\nRibwort plantain ,   Rosebay willowherb<br \/>\nRough meadow-grass ,  Rushes,    Scarlet pimpernel<br \/>\nScented mayweed,    Scentless mayweed, Selfheal    Sheep&#8217;s sorrel<br \/>\nShepherd&#8217;s purse,    Slender speedwell, Small nettle,    Smooth hawk<br \/>\nSmooth sow-thistle,    Soft brome<br \/>\nSpear thistle,    Spear-leaved orache    Sticky mouse-ear,    Stinking chamomile<br \/>\nSun spurge,    Swine cress    Thale cress,    Thorn-apple<br \/>\nThyme-leaved speedwell, Volunteer cereals,    Volunteer oilseed rape<br \/>\nVolunteer Potato,    Wall Barley   Wall speedwell,   Weed Beet<br \/>\nWhite campion,   White clover  Wild radish,   Wild-oat  <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/weed-control-tips-and-water-avens\/\"> Water Avens<\/a><br \/>\nWinter wild-oat,    Yarrow,  Yorkshire fog    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3837252872\/\" title=\"Bind Weed by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2600\/3837252872_cb0481de78.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Bind Weed\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/environmental-gardening\/weedy-ponds\/\">Dealing With Weeds in Ponds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/184668076X\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/184668076X.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Weeds: The Story of Outlaw Plants<\/strong> <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/184668076X\/richardpettin-21\">by  Richard Mabey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1405335548\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1405335548.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The Book of Weeds<\/strong> <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1405335548\/richardpettin-21\">by Kenneth Thompson<\/a> <\/p>\n<h4><strong>Other Resources <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/most-common-garden-weeds-2\/\">Most Common Weeds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/common-lawn-weeds-ruin-stripes\/\">Common Lawn Weeds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/weed-control-tips-and-water-avens\/\">Weed control of Avens<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/more-horsetail-or-mares-tail-weeds-to-eliminate\/\">Horsetail and Mares-tail<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/weeds-gardening\/why-war-with-weeds\/\">Why war with weeds<\/a><br \/>\nFor <strong>tips on Organic weed management<\/strong> visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenorganic.org.uk\/organicweeds\/weed_management\/index.php\">Garden Organic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/Home\">Royal Horticultural Society RHS<\/a> &#8216;Gardening for All&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccpg.com\/\">National Council for Conservation of Plants and Gardens<\/a> &#8216;Conservation through Cultivation.&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/\">BBC Gardening<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common  weed has little virtue and lots of drawbacks! and an uncommon weed may be 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