Pleasant Weeds
There are weeds which are rather ambiguous as to category. I like them for one reason or another, and they are quite easy to control, so I might be tempted to call them proper garden flowers. Still, I think of them as weeds. I must emphasise that whether a plant is a weed or not is a matter of opinion.
I like daisies. I don't think there are any in the garden, and I'd be quite happy to keep them if there were! A common wild flower, often going in grass. The name comes from "day's eye" because the petals droop at night.
You make a daisy chain by picking a daisy with a long stalk, and making a slit with your thumb nail through, and along the stalk. Then pick another daisy with a long stalk, and poke the stalk through the hole. Carry on until you have a long enough chain or run out of daisies. It's possible to make a continuous loop by joining the first to the last, but there you will need to poke the daisy head through the hole, so an extra large hole is required. I suppose that we should disapprove of daisy chains, as they are wild flowers and we shouldn't pick them. But there are a lot of daisies around. Perhaps I can say "This was what I did in my childhood, before we knew better."
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Fern leaves are attractive, and I tolerate it in certain parts of the garden. But it does get into other areas, where it causes a nuisance. Fern does have big roots.
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There are many different types of fungi. They are not a problem in my garden, occasionally popping up in various places, including the lawn, and then dying away again. They are quite fun! But be careful. Mushrooms are the edible form of fungi, but please do not eat anything you find growing unless you are experioenced enough to identify it. The white fungus looks very like a field mushroom, but it isn't.
This is a British wild flower. As a child, I enjoyed reading the Scarlet Pimpernel book (by Baronness Orczy) about rescuing people from the French Revolution. The hero had the nom de guerre of the Scarlet Pimpernel, and the book describes the flower. There are many reason to like flowers, and, for me, some of them are sentimental! It does grow all over my vegetable garden, though.
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