Which is the worst weed?

[WendyC]

It does look like rbwh Wendy, but it's a lot smaller. It doesn't grow to much more than a foot high.

Lesser rose bay willow herb?


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[Jardiniere]

false acacia

[Penellype]

Here is a picture of said weed that I found on'tinternet just as it is coming up to flower. Each flower stalk becomes a seed pod which splits open to reveal the fluffy seeds - and yes Noosner, it does grow a rosette of leaves.

http://media.growsonyou.com/photos/b...n/CIMG8914.jpg

I think this is Marsh Willowherb Marsh Willowherb, recognition and treatment. Its definitely a willowherb of some description and there are hundreds of the things, which unhelpfully sometimes hybridize with other species. I get it in my garden too.

In my friend's garden the worst weed is Silverweed, which has deep growing brown, brittle, fleshy roots which break up at the slightest provocation and are completely invisible in the soil. It spreads every possible way - underground runners, overground runners and seeds, and its everywhere. Its even worse than the creeping thistle, which is quite something!

[joyceybabe]

Yes Penellype, that is it! Although this is what it looks like in my garden most of the time
http://fleursdemontagne.free.fr/imag...ilobe0024w.jpg

[Noosner]

I think this is Marsh Willowherb Marsh Willowherb, recognition and treatment. Its definitely a willowherb of some description and there are hundreds of the things, which unhelpfully sometimes hybridize with other species. I get it in my garden too.

Yes, yes, yes, Penellype! This is very close to it. I had a look at some of the other willowherbs on that site and I think mine is short-fruited willowherb. Short-fruited Willowherb, recognition and treatment

Many thank yous! Like joyceybabe I had never been able to identify it myself.

I've had a bad do with it this year because I chicken-wired off some pea plants after a rabbit attack and then couldn't get in to weed them. The stuff proliferated like mad! I pulled it up the other day and watched as the seeds drifted all over my allotment. On second thoughts I should have put a bin bag or something over it before I pulled it. Unfortunately I only had that idea after the event!

[Ananke]

Bindweed for me. I gave in after a few years and I've now bought the dab on type of weedkiller.

[Bill HH]

I have managed to almost beat bind weed except in some clematis hedging. it is so similar that its very hard to know which is which. The war against weeds took a turn for the better for me when I adopted raised beds, firstly because the soil has a high level of compost the weeds pull out so easily and secondly because when i see a weed i dont have to decide if its worth bending down to pull it up.