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? Bittercress lives up to its name. It’s often inadvertently imported on the surface of compost of potted young plants, but I don’t make it welcome. It's a pest, albeit a tasty one.Ground elder was the invasive thug we battled with in my childhood garden, though

't appreciate is that bindweed has a mission … to invade, occupy, and overtake! Bindweed may look lovely in the countryside, but it's not a garden plant to be encouraged. And just for the record, the No.1 weed in Scotland is ground elder (with bindweed in 4th

and shelter inside. Reports show that they can feed on a vast range of plants, particularly trees and shrubs, including beech, wisteria, apples, pears, elder, spiraea and many more.This was the first time I'd seen this pest 'in the flesh', and I only got close