"Fleemo" wrote in message
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Why is Bindweed so widely despised? I have some growing in my garden
right now and thought it a lovely flower, so I left it. Was that a
big mistake?

-Fleemo

As others have said, it can overwhelm your plants. It twists around vertical
objects tightly, to the point where removing the weed is either impossible,
or takes forever.

On the other hand, the stuff coexists nicely in my lawn. By mid-summer, when
the grass is either struggling, or brown, I still have a nice, soft carpet
of bindweed to walk on. Every 2-3 weeks, I slice 12" down around the edges
of my beds to (in my imagination) cut the spreading roots of the weed. And,
a yank whatever's already in the beds.

My other option would be to treat the whole area chemically, but for some
reason, my son was elected "king of the street" about 7 years ago, so all
the kids play on my lawn. I prefer weeds, and healthy kids.