Hello, I'm Creeping Indigo Botanical Name Indigofera spicata DESCRIBE YOURSELF I am a short-lived perennial plant. My leaves can go a sort of pinky purple during summer, hence my name. I set a lot of seeds when I flower and my seed heads look a bit like an arrowhead....
Hello, I'm Burr Medic Botanical Name Medicago Hispida Syn M. polymorpha DESCRIBE YOURSELF I am an annual plant of the legume family. This means I am great at fixing nitrogen in your soil. And I have a really deep tap root, which makes it hard to dig me out of your...
I am often asked if I can recommend "a really strong poison/pesticide/weedicide". This poison needs to "kill the ants/lawn grubs/cockroaches/spiders/weeds etc that are causing problems in my garden". That's fine, but then they ask for the poison to "be safe for my...
I have just been out in my garden declaring war on weeds that are happily pushing their way through after the lovely rain we had recently. Have you ever noticed that it is the weeds which are the first to appear? In this particular case the weed I have been targeting...
Bindii Weeds are on the rise again! While walking the girls this morning I noticed that a lot of lawns are developing a good a collection of Bindii weeds. This means that all these lawns won't be able to be walked on come spring, as the Bindii sets its sharp prickly...