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To help new gardeners identify common annual weeds, please post a picture and brief discription of weeds you encounter. We will start a second thread for perennial weeds too

Mercury

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Very common in the southern parts of the UK, easy to remove.

Good post thanks

Common Groundsel

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Easy to remove but will still set seed even if pulled up

Common Groundsel is the favourite food of the Cinnabar moth caterpillar

Common Chickweed

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Easy to remove

(30-07-2020, 06:41 AM)Admin Wrote: [ -> ]

Lambs Quarter or Fat-Hen



Very common, easy to remove

...............and edible!

https://www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild-plants/fat-hen/

Hairy Bittercress

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Commonly seen growing on compost heaps and plant pots, likes moist soil, easy to remove

Explosive seed heads which can scatter seeds up to one metre away

Brillant thread especially for novices!

Cleavers, Goosegrass, Sticky Willy

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Very common and very easy to remove, used by herbalists