http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/08/07/when-is-a-weed-not-a-weed/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/08/07/when-is-a-weed-not-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Alice Nelson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/08/07/when-is-a-weed-not-a-weed/#comment-219 I suppose milkweed is a weed - but I always let a little grow near my compost pile in hopes that a monarch caterpillar (or 2)soon will be there. None this year - must be the cold; we may have a high of 48 today! Someone forgot to order summer up here. I also have a clump of buttercup in the middle of my garden; it makes a nice spot of yellow, at 18" wide spot and 20" high. Same could be said for a clump of St. Johnswort. Have to be very careful about deadheading the buttercup, or I'll end up with a garden full of buttercups. Now there's a thought. Never thought of globe thistle as a weed, but it is beginning to be one. One flower that grows as an alien weed up here is tansy, which is everywhere. I was told by a woman from England that they grow it in their gardens there.That's probably where it came from, with some enterprising England-to-America transfering gardener. I suppose milkweed is a weed – but I always let a little grow near my compost pile in hopes that a monarch caterpillar (or 2)soon will be there. None this year – must be the cold; we may have a high of 48 today! Someone forgot to order summer up here. I also have a clump of buttercup in the middle of my garden; it makes a nice spot of yellow, at 18″ wide spot and 20″ high. Same could be said for a clump of St. Johnswort. Have to be very careful about deadheading the buttercup, or I’ll end up with a garden full of buttercups. Now there’s a thought. Never thought of globe thistle as a weed, but it is beginning to be one. One flower that grows as an alien weed up here is tansy, which is everywhere. I was told by a woman from England that they grow it in their gardens there.That’s probably where it came from, with some enterprising England-to-America transfering gardener.

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