After a very warm wet winter I am looking out at my garden with dismay at all the weeds that are taking over everywhere, wondering when I am going to have good weather coincide with inclination to deal with them. A weed is a plant growing where it is not wanted. But many of the common plants in gardens all over New Zealand are in fact invasive weeds that are now causing environmental damage. Three quarters of our weeds started off being planted in gardens as ornamental plants but started to … [Read more...]