Having just looked on the web at photographs of weeds, I've discovered I'm
cultivating a fine, healthy crop of sorrell, purple dead nettle, shepherds
purse and bush vetch.

I thought that the wood sorrell was aquilegia; the vetch was polemonium; and
the shepherd's purse was poppy!

Amongst my crop of weeds should be night-scented stocks, poppies, achillea
and nigella, but I haven't a clue what the seedlings look like so until the
flowers appear I'll have to continue cultivating weeds.

I wish the seeds packets carried photos of the seedlings and young plants so
I'd know what to look for amongst the weeds.

On Mon, 26 May 2003 15:23:52 +0100, Adrian Jones
wrote:

Having just looked on the web at photographs of weeds, I've discovered
I'm
cultivating a fine, healthy crop of sorrell, purple dead nettle,
shepherds
purse and bush vetch.

I thought that the wood sorrell was aquilegia; the vetch was polemonium;
and
the shepherd's purse was poppy!

Amongst my crop of weeds should be night-scented stocks, poppies,
achillea
and nigella, but I haven't a clue what the seedlings look like so until
the
flowers appear I'll have to continue cultivating weeds.

I wish the seeds packets carried photos of the seedlings and young plants
so
I'd know what to look for amongst the weeds.

I'll vote for you if you pull that off. Tim.

"Adrian Jones" wrote in message
...
Having just looked on the web at photographs of weeds, I've discovered I'm
cultivating a fine, healthy crop of sorrell, purple dead nettle, shepherds
purse and bush vetch.

I thought that the wood sorrell was aquilegia; the vetch was polemonium;
and
the shepherd's purse was poppy!

snip

lol. Good for you doing your bit for wildlife and natural habitats etc etc.
;-)

Couldn't you pull out the larger specimens of weed so that there's less
competition for your chosen meadow varieties? Otherwise they'll get bullied
out of survival and you'll never be able to pilot the seed packet trial
depicting the early seedling photos ;-)

--A

"..... I wish the seeds packets carried photos of the seedlings and young
plants ............"

The problem is that with many plants,both cultivated and wild, it is very
difficult to identify with certainty at a young age.
We have all at some time raised some "interesting" seedlings that prove to
be weeds, and will continue to do so.
I still prick out a few interesting seedlings every year and just
occasionally I get a treasure from them.


--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Having just looked on the web at photographs of weeds, I've discovered I'm
cultivating a fine, healthy crop of sorrell, purple dead nettle, shepherds
purse and bush vetch.

Why is it that weeds always grow more vigorously than the plants we want to
grow?
Frustrating.
--
Drakanthus.


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will never reach me.)

On Tue, 27 May 2003 11:59:40 +0100, "Drakanthus"
wrote:

Why is it that weeds always grow more vigorously than the plants we want to
grow?
Frustrating.

If they didn't perhaps they would not be called weeds!!

Pam in Bristol

On Tue, 27 May 2003 14:34:25 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

On Tue, 27 May 2003 11:59:40 +0100, "Drakanthus"
wrote:

Why is it that weeds always grow more vigorously than the plants we want to
grow?
Frustrating.

If they didn't perhaps they would not be called weeds!!

what about the sort you smoke?
--
martin

In article ,
Drakanthus writes

Why is it that weeds always grow more vigorously than the plants we want to
grow?
Because they are plants growing in a self chosen location, rather than
in one decided by the gardener. In fact, not all self-set plants do grow
vigorously, it's just that the ones which do are more noticeable.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.