themadblonde: (Sweet Violets)
themadblonde ([personal profile] themadblonde) wrote in [personal profile] mapsedge 2009-05-13 07:09 pm (UTC)

Good site, thanks.

I know several of those weeds by other names (oxalis=wood sorrel; ground ivy=creeping charlie) but yes, if what they're calling "wild violets" (& you would find in a flower guide as common violets) is your "yard violet" (how cute! never heard them called that before) that is what I mean by common violet. I can't say I've ever known them to be particularly agressive, unlike creeping charlie which is truly evil, aggressive, has heart-shaped leaves & purple flowers but is smaller & MUCH harder to control. I've also never known violets to smell bad. I've picked hundreds of them over the years- they are a staple of my May Day baskets & bud vases, & if untreated can be eaten so I frequently add mine to salads.

I'd say we have most of those villains in our tiny yard. In addition to evil dandelions (the hatred of which I honestly inherited from my Grandmother who fought a lifelong war with them), I most hate creeping charlie, & either (or possibly both) purslane or speedwell. We certainly have spurge too, & plantains, but both are easier to rip up than the evil, stringy little ground huggers that infest our yard. Can't tell for sure w/out looking closer whether it's purslane or speedwell, or both, but I hates them, I does, filthy little weedses.....

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