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cultivated soil, paving, wallsspring, summer, autumn, winterMore advice on removing weedsDockMeadowgrassWillowherbCouch 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

such as rosebay willowherb or marsh bedstraw. Do not kill them because they go on to form one of the UK's most beautiful moth residents. If leaf damage is minimal, action isn't necessary.fuchsias, wildflowers including rosebay willowherbmid- to late

://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedlf.htm#stem I thought it looked like the purple loosesstrife? Hace you seen it flower? It is Rosebay Willowherb known in the US as Fireweed. Not poisonous but is a bit of a pest. Easy to pull up the plants to control it. If it is rosebay willowherb then it's a

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

, for example, has glorious white trumpet flowers (it is related to the morning glory) and willowherb is very pretty. But, you would never want either in your garden if you had a choice. They have no idea of restraint or good manners, and rapidly regenerate

I have a few of these appearing. The OH seems to think it's a weed, but I've been unable to identify it. Any ideas? Thanks It's definitely one of the Willowherbs, probably Broad-leaved or possibly Rosebay.  If you let it seed, it will pop

but it might be a campion (Lychnis).  It's too early really, especially with a late spring, for it to be a Willowherb (Epilobium) and the leaves aren't right for a Lady's Smock (Cardamine Pratensis). Thanks hollytree it never flower's & the leaves are much more

and weeds. Rosebay willowherb, tangles of flowering bindweed, brambles and bright-yellow ragwort. Profligate trees like ash and, in particular, sycamore crop up and create shady areas with the wrong sort of leaves that cause train operators so much trouble

-like scarlet flowers on long spindly stems.Epilobium 'Stahl Rose' - so pretty but so very dangerous! This is a willowherb relation that is really only suitable for wilder parts of the garden as it has a tendency to run around a bit. Although thankfully it doesn