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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

in from surrounding gardens, fields and waste ground.A bushy weed that bears small yellow flowers and fluffy seedheads. Its leaves often have orange-brown pustules of rust fungus in summer and autumn, which can spread to cultivated plants. Pull out young

. 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

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