You're right, you're right, you're right. I've called it a weed because my nice little stand of tickweed didn't come from seeds or a plant. It came from the park next door; I dug up a tiny piece of a very large wildflower meadow and planted it in one of my flower beds 2 years ago. It's very healthy and has beautiful yellow flowers, but the stems on my plants are very long and droopy and the plant, as a whole, looks a tad weedy in my garden. But you're right..."weed" connotes unwelcomeness and one reason for this blog is to make me love my weeds, not hate them. (Oh but how I hate those ugly plantains that are everywhere these days. I wonder if I can ever love plantains?)
:) I have a patch of tickseed that came from the Garden in the Woods, here in MA, and I've been nothing but pleased with it. They do have a seed catalogue every winter, if you are interested: http://www.newfs.org/ Cheers!
That's no weed! :) I have a nice patch of this by my mailbox.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, you're right, you're right. I've called it a weed because my nice little stand of tickweed didn't come from seeds or a plant. It came from the park next door; I dug up a tiny piece of a very large wildflower meadow and planted it in one of my flower beds 2 years ago. It's very healthy and has beautiful yellow flowers, but the stems on my plants are very long and droopy and the plant, as a whole, looks a tad weedy in my garden. But you're right..."weed" connotes unwelcomeness and one reason for this blog is to make me love my weeds, not hate them. (Oh but how I hate those ugly plantains that are everywhere these days. I wonder if I can ever love plantains?)
ReplyDelete:) I have a patch of tickseed that came from the Garden in the Woods, here in MA, and I've been nothing but pleased with it. They do have a seed catalogue every winter, if you are interested: http://www.newfs.org/ Cheers!
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