This is the best time of year to take a walk in the vacant wastelands to pick a bouquet of wonderful "weeds". As a gardener, I would not welcome any of these plants in my garden: they would take advantage of the fertile soil and regular moisture to overwhelm my cultivated plants. No, these beauties thrive on poor soil, intense sun and drought.
Here is a list of some of the flowers I was able to identify:
bulrush
yarrow
clover
purple loosestrife
wild rose
vetch
goldenrod
mayweed (daisy)
cinquefoil
toadflax
chicory
viper's bugloss
bird's foot trefoil
bladder campion
Queen Anne's Lace
August flower (or lionstooth)
everlasting pea
common tansy
goat's beard
creeping bellflower
To identify your own collection of weeds, check out this great website.
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