{"id":113554,"date":"2020-01-11T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-weeds-to-love-and-loathe\/"},"modified":"2020-01-11T18:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T11:04:47","slug":"gardens-weeds-to-love-and-loathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-weeds-to-love-and-loathe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: weeds to love and loathe"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThough some weeds should be avoided, others are beautiful and attract bees and butterflies. All you need to do is choose wiselyYears ago, on my allotment, a tiny weed appeared among my beans. Out of intrigue, empathy \u2013 whatever the reason, I left it to see what it would become. A year later I had forgotten about it, buried beneath other weeds. Then, one dusk, there it was, a glowing white spire with the sun setting behind it: Digitalis purpurea subsp. albiflora, the less common form of Europe\u2019s native foxglove. It ignited a weedy epiphany: what if these plants, seen as problems to be evicted, are a source of easy beauty in our gardens?Since childhood I\u2019ve felt a connection with weeds. Behind our family\u2019s cottage garden in Buckinghamshire, I used to run through forests of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), understanding its sap was dangerous. I swung from vines of wild Clematis alba and stomped over ivy (Hedera helix). I fed dandelions with fertiliser to grow bigger flowers. From buttercups to daisies, weeds are probably the first flowers most of us know. Continue reading…
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Though some weeds should be avoided, others are beautiful and attract bees and butterflies. 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