Comments on: doodle by andre: perennial peer pressure http://awaytogarden.com/doodle-by-andre-perennial-peer-pressure Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chigal http://awaytogarden.com/doodle-by-andre-perennial-peer-pressure/comment-page-1#comment-9889 chigal Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:44:01 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5415#comment-9889 I tend to pull only the weeds I can identify and relocate the ones I can't into an experimental pot, for the spring. I had a bumper crop of wild mustard this time, after recognizing the seedlings as some kind of brassica and letting them grow. Didn't let it go to seed, but I'll know what it is (and probably let it grow again) if it shows up again. I tend to pull only the weeds I can identify and relocate the ones I can’t into an experimental pot, for the spring. I had a bumper crop of wild mustard this time, after recognizing the seedlings as some kind of brassica and letting them grow. Didn’t let it go to seed, but I’ll know what it is (and probably let it grow again) if it shows up again.

]]> By: Nancy http://awaytogarden.com/doodle-by-andre-perennial-peer-pressure/comment-page-1#comment-9872 Nancy Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:53:06 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5415#comment-9872 Alas, today I discovered a small, tidy example of Asclepias, the beautiful Orange Milkweed or Butterflyweed growing in my garden. I was overjoyed, because last year I planted two of these supposed perennials, but they winterkilled. I watered it and looked at it two or three times to make sure it was really there. After supper I walked over to look at it again, thinking I would show it to my husband as insurance against his overly vigorous WEEDING, but it was TOO LATE. It was GONE...he already got it sometime during the afternoon...he was sorry, but it is still gone, and he still doesn't know what it looks like. Not meant to be, perhaps... Alas, today I discovered a small, tidy example of Asclepias, the beautiful Orange Milkweed or Butterflyweed growing in my garden. I was overjoyed, because last year I planted two of these supposed perennials, but they winterkilled. I watered it and looked at it two or three times to make sure it was really there. After supper I walked over to look at it again, thinking I would show it to my husband as insurance against his overly vigorous WEEDING, but it was TOO LATE. It was GONE…he already got it sometime during the afternoon…he was sorry, but it is still gone, and he still doesn’t know what it looks like. Not meant to be, perhaps…

]]> By: Helen at Toronto Gardens http://awaytogarden.com/doodle-by-andre-perennial-peer-pressure/comment-page-1#comment-9871 Helen at Toronto Gardens Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:19:57 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5415#comment-9871 I've been thinking about weeds a lot lately, as I actually have a great fondness for many of them. Those I like, I often leave untouched when weeding. For example, I let a Verbascum rhapsis shoot up from my patio one year. It was fascinating to watch (though I know it makes way too many seeds, and I see its offspring from time to time). There aren't many blues that match the Echium vulgare (Viper's bugloss) in flower. Last year in Wales, we saw a huge specimen of this growing at Bodnant Gardens. It's all over the meadows here in Southern Ontario. Ox-eye daisies, fleabane, the fragrance of common milkweed. I love them. In my garden, the weediest things are morning glories (Ipomeoa), which can take over by August without a firm hand. I’ve been thinking about weeds a lot lately, as I actually have a great fondness for many of them.

Those I like, I often leave untouched when weeding. For example, I let a Verbascum rhapsis shoot up from my patio one year. It was fascinating to watch (though I know it makes way too many seeds, and I see its offspring from time to time).

There aren’t many blues that match the Echium vulgare (Viper’s bugloss) in flower. Last year in Wales, we saw a huge specimen of this growing at Bodnant Gardens. It’s all over the meadows here in Southern Ontario.

Ox-eye daisies, fleabane, the fragrance of common milkweed. I love them. In my garden, the weediest things are morning glories (Ipomeoa), which can take over by August without a firm hand.

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