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Chickweed, Stellaria media, is best thought of as a delicious rather than a pernicious weed. Its young leaves are packed with vitamins, so it makes a healthy addition to salads. However, it can also harbour greenfly and spider mite, so remove

further applications as necessary. If treating in summer, cut down foliage and apply weedkiller to the regrowth that appears. established borders, uncultivated groundspring, summer, autumn, winterMore advice on removing weedsDandelionFungiBramblesYarrow

rake in mid-September to remove the worst of it.all over the gardensummer to autumnMore advice on removing weedsSpeedwellVinca or periwinkleBramblesHairy bitter cress

to suppress seedlings.Apply a contact weedkiller when the plants are young and before they get a chance to flower. freshly-cultivated ground in borders, established flowerbeds, pots, vegetable plotsspring, summer, autumnMore advice on removing weeds

plants by hand before they get the chance to flower and seed. Alternatively, hoe through the surface of the soil to chop them off at the roots. Remove weeds and dispose of them (not on the compost heap) to prevent them re-establishing.Kill the seedlings

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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

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large clumps of foliage, obscuring and smothering small plants. Seed is produced following the cream-white trumpet flowers, which also allows this weed to spread.This climbing, twining perennial dies down in winter but grows rapidly in spring and summer

, but particularly in lawnsspring to autumnMore lawn care adviceImproving your lawn video projectHow to Mowing a lawnDealing with fungi in lawnsRemoving greater plantain weeds