On 05/06/2010 12:38, David in Normandy wrote:
Does anyone have a weed free garden? I keep hoeing mine as they appear
and certainly before they get to seed but there must be a huge number of
seeds already in the soil. After a good shower of rain a blanket of them
always appears. Mainly chickweed. I've heard the old saying "One years
seeds seven years weeds". Has anyone had a long established garden that
is now weed free?


Immpossible! Because, not only are there the weeds that blow in from
over the fields and are dropped by the birds but there are all the
'weeds' I've introduced myself - before I knew better, or in some cases
just because I like them........ the aquilegia (now reverted to mucky
pink), the Alchemilla mollis, the poached egg plant, the Welsh poppies,
the celandines, the grape hyacinths (think I might just have won that
battle!), the creeping jenny.
Anyone else got a plant that they really wish they hadn't introduced?