Boring Weeds
Any healthy garden will grow lots of weeds that aren't a nuisance, particularly. They are easy to remove and they don't spread aggressively to take over an entire garden. Many aren't interesting, small, with boring leaves and flowers. They probably aren't worth even identifying! But here are some of mine.
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Chickweed spreads through seeding. It has small white flowers. It's not much of a problem, but the roots tend to snap off as you pull them up, and more grows from the roots left in the ground.
This grows in lawns. It's a pretty flower, actually, but preferably not in lawns! There are three leaves to a stem. It's supposed to be lucky to find a 4 leafed clover. There are different clovers with white, pink or yellow flowers.
Groundsel spreads via seeds. Not really a problem, but just needs weeding!
This has a rosette of leaves, with a small spike with white flowers at the top.
This grows quite widely in my garden, despite it not being particularly wet. The first two photos show a piece removed from an open drain-pipe!
This has white flowers. It tend to take over part of the garden if not weeded, but isn't that bad.
This grows in lawns. It has a boring flower head on a stalk. As a child, I used to wind the stem tound the head, and flick it off, as a projectile.
This has a distinctive heart-shaped seed pod, which is supposed to be the "purse". If split opeen, there are small white seeds, the "money". Another plant remembered from childhood.
This has small blue flowers. There are many varieties, and some have a brighter blue flower than this.
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