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Two weeks ago I used weed killer on weeds in the rose garden, which has worked and they are dead. What do I do next do I weed them out or digg them in? Provided they are totally dead you can either leave them (as I do, decaying weeds get recycled

Please help...  I have recently had an un-kept garden levelled and fenced. Before this the land was just uneven and on a slight incline.  The garden had not been touched, the grass not cut and the weeds left to grow wild for over 10 years. Now

I have a large plot with a substantial perennial weed problem. I'm okay with the weeding part but I'd like to know the best way to compost the vast quantities I dig out. I originally put them into a separate open composting area but am building up

A 'weed' is just a plant growing in the 'wrong place', and in my garden, most weeds are more than welcome. There are some exceptions, of course - Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam to name two - but the more green leafy weeds in my plot

This does not look like Lesser Celandine and is definitely not creeping buttercup so I would say Mouse ear hawk weed.It is a weed and wants taking out, it will spread but not as fast as creeping buttercup or celandine.I watched celandine cover

Hi! Could anyone help me please in identifying this weed for me?  When we moved into our rented house I started finding this everywhere, and initially thought it fit all the descriptions for the dreaded Japanese Knotweed, apart from the fact

The weeds are growing like mad this year. They seem to love the combination of spring showers and sunshine we've been having lately. Sadly, the fine weather is having as positive effect on the weeds as it is on me.Speedwell is one of the moist

I'm afraid there is no easy solution. Where there `are no other plants you can spray with a glyphosate-based weedkiller such as Roundup, crushing the weed first so that the weedkiller penetrates its waxy surface. This won't eradicate it, but it

What's the difference between wildflowers and weeds? They're at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to acceptability in the garden, but are they really so different? A weed is a essentially just a plant growing in the wrong place. But what

I don’t like waste, so digging dandelions from the lawn last week got me thinking about the value of weeds. Dandelions are hardly the master of disguise, revealing their position in the lawn with brilliant yellow flowers. I used a long-bladed, old