Three Common Weeds in May
Three Common Weeds in May
In May when our gardens wake up it’s typical for people to wonder if what they are seeing in their yards are weeds or a desirable perennial plant. The old joke about this is: “How do you tell the difference between a weed and a valuable perennial? You tug on it…if it comes up easily, it was a valuable plant.”
A better way to tell if you have a weed is to look carefully around your property and compare the plant in question with what is growing in other areas. If you see the same plant that’s in your flowerbed appearing in the “wild” area along the road, in random spaces by the air conditioner or driveway, or in the neighbor’s lawns, it’s likely that what you’re seeing is indeed a weed.
Here are three weeds that are growing gangbusters at this time of year on Cape Cod.
Here is an interesting weed ID site that you might find helpful.
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Thank you, C.L., for your article on “Common Weeds in May.” The images were really helpful and prompted me to go outside and start pulling! I also appreciated the Weed ID Site you listed. Unfortunately I recognized about 90% of the weeds immediately around my property! But fortunately I now know what they look like and can take measures.
Glad you found this helpful, Emily! I’m all to familiar with these weeds myself…fortunately, I find pulling weeds to be a calming activity once I surrender to it.