Depends on context. Bindweed in any crop other than annuals definitely. Californian thistles (with the runner roots) come close. Cooch. Horseradish became an irradicable weed in one garden we had. Brambles when I'm out running in the woods. The neighbours pyracnthus hedge left unchecked (and when cut, we couldnt walk barefoot in our yard ever again). Where i am at the moment its oleander. Being poisonous i really don't see the point of planting it on every public space. Context.
I'm with you on bindweed being a pest - but I have to admit, I quite like the flowers! Keep it away from anything you want to eat, and under control, and a little of it isn't such a bad thing. I think my overall least favourite is rhubarb: it takes up too much space, is very persistent, and I don't like the taste of it at all. Had some in my allotment when I first got the plot, and it took me over two years of pulling it up to get rid of it completely. May not be a popular choice, but there you go. Sorry!
My trouble is I can't keep it away from anything! It's everywhere this year! I love rhubarb though so I'm not with you on that one. It is pretty persistent though I'll give you that!
Same out here in the mild climate we have in the Pacific Northwest. Winters are too mild to kill it back and it crawls all over the place trying to strangle everything. You’d think our summer droughts might dent it but they don’t. Also out here we suffer from (advance apologies) non-native invasive English Ivy! Smothers everything and harbors rats. Again, deepest apologies. Reminds me of Kudzu in the US South. Japanese Knotweed and non-native Himalayan Blackberry are also problems. Thanks as always for all your interesting updates!
Kudzu is an impressively bad weed! And knotweed over here. amazing to think that is something we did to ourselves. Nettles over here were brought by the romans. Ivy isn't one I think of as a pest, I guess in the worng location it just goes on unchecked.
I’m with you on bind weed , it grows through our side fence, our lovely neighbour has a wild garden. It would be followed by Ivy again growing along the fence. The worse non weed plant is Virginia creeper, growing along the same fence.
Poison Ivy of course, but after that bittersweet and wisteria. Yes wisteria has a lovely scented bloom but once out of control it is impossible to eradicate.
Poison ivy, oak, and sumac, and yes, all three are growing merrily on my property. I never used to mind it when I was younger and it didn't make me itch, but those days have passed.
I'm with you on the bindweed Kev, but also in this garden I have wild strawberry, which grows really fast and strangles things just like bindweed, and comes up everywhere.
Chickweed.
ReplyDeleteEat it Dave!
DeletePeople say that with my nettles but there is only so much!
DeleteI can eat!
DeleteDepends on context. Bindweed in any crop other than annuals definitely. Californian thistles (with the runner roots) come close. Cooch. Horseradish became an irradicable weed in one garden we had. Brambles when I'm out running in the woods. The neighbours pyracnthus hedge left unchecked (and when cut, we couldnt walk barefoot in our yard ever again). Where i am at the moment its oleander. Being poisonous i really don't see the point of planting it on every public space. Context.
ReplyDeleteYes! Very true. I think I hate bindweed in every context though! lol!
DeleteI'm with you on bindweed being a pest - but I have to admit, I quite like the flowers! Keep it away from anything you want to eat, and under control, and a little of it isn't such a bad thing. I think my overall least favourite is rhubarb: it takes up too much space, is very persistent, and I don't like the taste of it at all. Had some in my allotment when I first got the plot, and it took me over two years of pulling it up to get rid of it completely. May not be a popular choice, but there you go. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteMy trouble is I can't keep it away from anything! It's everywhere this year! I love rhubarb though so I'm not with you on that one. It is pretty persistent though I'll give you that!
DeletePoison ivy, pigweed, poke weed and thistles in that order.
ReplyDeleteWe have pig weed I think but we call it fat hen. It has so many seeds every year!
DeleteFor me, it's a toss-up between wiregrass (Bermuda grass) in the garden or horse nettle in the pasture.
ReplyDeleteYeah we have crabgrass (I think that's what your guys call bermuda) and it's a nightmare!
DeleteMarestail for me, it's impossible to get rid of
ReplyDeleteI've luckily never come across it before.
DeleteSame out here in the mild climate we have in the Pacific Northwest. Winters are too mild to kill it back and it crawls all over the place trying to strangle everything. You’d think our summer droughts might dent it but they don’t. Also out here we suffer from (advance apologies) non-native invasive English Ivy! Smothers everything and harbors rats. Again, deepest apologies. Reminds me of Kudzu in the US South. Japanese Knotweed and non-native Himalayan Blackberry are also problems. Thanks as always for all your interesting updates!
ReplyDeleteKudzu is an impressively bad weed! And knotweed over here. amazing to think that is something we did to ourselves. Nettles over here were brought by the romans. Ivy isn't one I think of as a pest, I guess in the worng location it just goes on unchecked.
DeleteI’m with you on bind weed , it grows through our side fence, our lovely neighbour has a wild garden. It would be followed by Ivy again growing along the fence. The worse non weed plant is Virginia creeper, growing along the same fence.
ReplyDeleteI used to have the same problem at our last house that the neighbour let it come through. Now, at this place, I only have myself to blame.
DeleteIn this garden...ivy! Followed closely by buttercup.
ReplyDeleteAh buttercup is terrible!
DeletePoison Ivy of course, but after that bittersweet and wisteria. Yes wisteria has a lovely scented bloom but once out of control it is impossible to eradicate.
ReplyDeleteSo lucky we don't have poison ivy here! Never thought of wisteria as a weed like that!
DeletePoison ivy, oak, and sumac, and yes, all three are growing merrily on my property. I never used to mind it when I was younger and it didn't make me itch, but those days have passed.
ReplyDeleteOn nuisance alone, I'd go with Virginia creeper.
I'm Lucky not to have any of those!
DeleteYes bind weed even here in Canada is a pest. That and buttercups. Argh!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the bindweed Kev, but also in this garden I have wild strawberry, which grows really fast and strangles things just like bindweed, and comes up everywhere.
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