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Old 13-06-2010, 11:58 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default What is this weed called?

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:57:10 -0700, Billy wrote:

In article ,
Terri Louise wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/34kw5gk

http://tinyurl.com/3824w3g

It is an absolute nightmare in my garden, it's everywhere! I think it's
chickweed, but can anyone confirm this, and state what type it is?


Is it an ornamental garden, or a nutritional garden? Chickweed is very
nutritious, they can be added to salads whilst the cooked leaves can


It doesn't look like chickweed to me. Chickweed leaves are pointed.
Chickweed leaves are always in twos. But then UK chickweed may be different
than US chickweed. And it may bloom later over there. Here it would have
bloomed by now and the flowers look like:

http://foragingpictures.com/plants/Chickweed/h0013.htm

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