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Vinca major or periwinkle is a pretty, low-growing plant often with pale blue flowers that is used as a ground cover plant because of its mat-forming properties. However, it can be very invasive, and will rapidly spread around the garden

soil, cracks in paving, lawns, borders edging lawnsall year roundMore advice on removing weedsCreeping buttercupFat henShepherd's purseVinca or periwinkle

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

Willowherb, or fireweed, Chamerion angustifolium, is a pretty plant that looks at home in a wild garden, but will take over any domestic garden, spreading by seed and tough underground roots. Left unchecked, it will invade the space of other plants

they grow and get a chance to flower. freshly-cultivated ground in borders, pots, paving, walls, vegetable plotsall year roundMore advice on removing weedsSpeedwellVinca or periwinkleBrambles

.lawnsspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsYellow sorrelVinca or periwinkleMind-your-own-businessGreater plantain

the garden, but especially on soils affected by drought or lacking in nutrientsspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsSpeedwellVinca or periwinkleBramblesHairy bitter cress

on dealing with common weedsStinging nettlesHedge bindweedJapanese knotweedVinca