Flowers are a gardener's pets.
Most are easy and grateful. They flourish on some water and, maybe, some food.
But some would complain – for being called a weed, ripped out or poisoned.
What's a weed?
Anything a gardener doesn't like.
Botanical racism.
'A weed is but an unloved flower'. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
’Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them’.
A.A. Milne
'Some plants become weeds
simply by virtue of their success...' Monty Don
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HAWKWEED - Hieracium murorum
fam: Asteraceae
DANDELION - Taraxacum officinale
fam: Asteraceae
STRAWFLOWER, PAPER DAISY - Rhodanthe chlorocephala
fam: Asteraceae
CALENDULA - Calendula officinalis
fam: Asteraceae
COTTON THISTLE WITH BUTTERFLY - Onopordum acanthium
fam: Asteraceae
TRADEWINDS - Osteospermum sp.
fam: Asteraceae
COSMOS - Cosmos bipinnatus
fam: Asteraceae
CARNATION - Dianthus caryophyllus
fam: Caryophyllaceae
GARDEN LOBELIA - Lobelia erinus
fam: Lobeliaceae
YELLOW SAGE - Lantana callowiana
fam: Verbenaceae
WHITE LAMPRANTHUS (Pigface) - Lampranthus productus
fam: Aizoaceae
CASSOWARY PLUM - Cerbera floribunda
fam: Apocynaceae
MANDEVILLA WHITE - Mandevilla boliviensis
fam: Apocynaceae
YELLOW DAFFODILS (Narcissus Grand Soleil d’Or) - Narcissus tarzetta
fam: Amaryllidaceae
BUSH LILY - Clivia miniata
fam: Amaryllidaceae
YELLOW (GOLDEN) FLAX - Linum flavum
fam: Linaceae
SPOTTED EMU BUSH ‘Silver Emu’ - Eremophila maculata hybrid
fam: Scrophulariaceae
WISTERIA - Wisteria floribunda
fam: Fabaceae
HYDRANGEAS - Hydrangea macrophylla
fam: Saxifragaceae
RED HOT POKER - Kniphofia ‘atlanta’
fam: Asphodelaceae
SUNFLOWERS - Helianthus annuus
fam: Asteraceae
CHRYSANTHEMUM - Bee feeding
fam: Asteraceae
BRIGHTEYES - Euryops pectinatus
fam: Asteraceae
AFRICAN MARIGOLD - Tagetes erecta
fam: Asteraceae
CHICORY - Cichorium intibus
fam: Asteraceae
PURPLE SALSIFY - Tragapogon porrifolius
fam: Asteraceae
CORNFLOWER -Centaurea cyanus
fam: Asteraceae
ZINNIA - Zinnia elegans
fam: Asteraceae
WHITE SAILS - Spathiphyllum wallisii
fam: Araceae
PHAEOPHYTA MORTUA - Dead algae
fam: Phaeophytaceae
CAPE CHESTNUT - Calodendrum capense
fam: Rutaceae
BUTTERFLY AMARYLLIS - Hippeastrum papilio
fem: Amaryllidiaceae
SWAMP LILY - Crinum X powellii
fam: Amaryllidaceae
PERFUME FLOWER TREE - Fragraea ceilanica
fam: Gentianaceae
CASSIA - Senna pendula
fam: Fabaceae
GIANT SPEAR LILY - Doryanthes palmeri
fam: Doryanthaceae
YELLOW DAYLILY - Hemerocallis hybrid
fam: Asphodelaceae
RED DAHLIA
fam: Asteraceae
YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM
fam: Asteraceae
Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China more than 3000 years ago.
Their more than 20 000 cultivars have become an economical saviour for florists.
CAPE WEED - Arctotheca calendula
fam: Asteraceae
DOUBLE PURPLE OSTEOSPERMUM - Osteospermum ecklonis
fam: Asteraceae
GOLDEN EVERLASTING, STRAWFLOWER - Xerochrysum bracteatum
fam: Asteraceae
COSMOS - Cosmos sulphureus
fam: Asteraceae
WHIRLYGIG DAISY - Osteospermum ‘whirlygig’
fam: Asteraceae
PURPLE WOODSORREL - Oxalis purpurea
fam: Oxalidaceae
BOUGAINVILLEA THAI GOLD - Bougainvillea glabra
fam: Nyctaginaceae
TRAILING LANTANA - Lantana montevidensis
fam: Verbenaceae
LILY OF THE INCAS - Alstroemeria aurea
fam: Alstroemeriaceae
CANDYTUFT GIBRALTA - Iberis gibraltarica
fam: Brassiaceae
JACOBEAN LILY - Sprekelia formosana
fam: Amaryllidaceae
CARIBBEAN SPIDER LILY - Hymenocallis caribaea
fam: Amaryllidaceae
AFRICAN SENNA - Senna didymobotrya
fam: Fabaceae
GYMEA LILY - Doryanthes excelsa
fam: Doryanthaceae
DAYLILY - Hemerocallis hybrid
fam: Aspholdelaceae
RED HOT POKER - Kniphofia ‘Atlanta’
fam: Asphodelaceae