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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott 
On the weeds, I'm perfectly clear - if a plant grows, leave it! If people don't want "weeds" growing outside their houses then they can pull them up themselves ... no big deal!  . I actually think that the centaury, for instance, was far more attractive than many of the things that people plant in their gardens ... but it's rather a personal thing, isn't it? |
Quite a few years ago Ivy leaf Toadflax was growing out of the gate and up the front garden wall of a house ten doors up. Over the years it has spred down the street and reached us last year. Some people have pulled "the weed" up outside their house. I on the other hand love it growing round our gate and this year inside the front garden. Last year I wanted to buy some to cover a step area in the back garden and was told in one garden centre they didn't sell weeds, luckily I was able to buy it somewhere else. It is such a delicate pretty flower - why would anyone actively get rid of it or other wildflowers, when they'll happily pay for flowers that have been bred so much for the perfect, long lasting regimental flower with no smell and absolutely useless to insects. Sorry, I think I have gone off on a tangent
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