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Dock, Rumex crispus, appears in the garden in large spreading groups, and is characterised by coarse, battered leaves. It spreads via seed produced by tiny brownish-green flowers, which appear in abundance in summer and are loved by seed

cultivated soil, paving, wallsspring, summer, autumn, winterMore advice on removing weedsDockMeadowgrassWillowherbCouch grass

. all over the garden, but particularly in lawnslate-spring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsDockWillowherbMeadowgrassCouch grass

such as glyphosate. Avoid spraying on a windy day and near other desirable plants. poor, exposed soils, all over the gardenspring to late-summerMore advice on removing weedsWillowherbCouch grassDockMeadowgrass

thousands of miniscule hairs that easily pierce the skin and administer a complex cocktail of chemicals that hurt and irritate. Rubbing the affected area with a dock leaf can bring relief - no doubt there are other cures out there.It would be foolish

plants.all over the garden, but especially on poorly-drained soilspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsDockCouch grassSpeedwellPineapple weed

.established flowerbeds, freshly dug soil, cracks in paving, lawnsspring, summer, autumnMore advice on removing weedsWillowherbDockCouch grassValerian

in the season.There are still some clumps of hairy bittercress, fresh new dandelions already sporting flower buds and a few docks looking obscenely lush and healthy. But their days are numbered. I've been systematically working my way around the plot, starting

perennial weeds; before the garden really gets going it is quite easy to track them down. Also the ground is soft enough to winkle out the clinging roots of buttercups or the long parsnipy tap roots of docks. The nicotine yellow roots of nettles are easy

or in the loft.Wandering back along the road to Pontoon Dock, the Docklands Light Railway station, I pause to look at a few plane trees planted in an equally bleak scheme along the pavement. We’re almost under the shadow of the railway viaduct here, so perhaps