Comments on: Smartweed, an easy weed to love – and it’s even native

By: susan harris

susan harris — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:03:56 +0000

Wayne, I really wouldn’t know but you might Google “wildflowers” since it’s a native plant.

By: Wayne Tollison

Wayne Tollison — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:54:30 +0000

Where can I buy Smartweed you have on your blog.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:28:07 +0000

I have these pop up in several areas and have learned to just let it grow. It really brings in the Japanese beetles in my area, which I try to promptly capture and kill. They seem to like this even more than my zinnia’s, canna’s, and hibiscus so I use it as a distracter.

By: bogie

bogie — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:06:31 +0000

Last night I was telling my husband that I wished I knew what a weed was growing by the peas. Now I know.

Thanks!

By: Layanee

Layanee — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:51:27 +0000

I have some of that native plant threading through my garden. I don’t mind it! It is better in a large mass as seen in your photo though.

By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens

Carol, May Dreams Gardens — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:06:36 +0000

Yes, I’ll admit smartweed looks pretty like that, but I’d be so tempted to pull it, since I learned to identify it as a weed long ago.

Maybe if some plant breeder got ahold of it and bred it to have bigger flowers or different colors? Or if it was some new “exotic”? Ha ha, then we gardeners would flock to it!