How do I determine what are weeds in my flowers and what aren't? I'm new at this?

Question

How do I determine what are weeds in my flowers and what aren't? I'm new at this?

Answer 1

A weed is only a plant growing where you personally don't want it to grow.  I have plenty of beautiful plants that others would consider weeds.  If you like it, leave it be.  If you don't, then pull it up.

Answer 2

Pull on it, if it comes out easy , it's a flower. If it's hard to come up, it's a weed.

Easy ..... :-)

Answer 3

There are many types of weeds, and i can't name them all so you can buy some pretty good weedkillers that don't harm flowers, vegetables, or grass. Get a book with pictures and tips to identify and kill weeds. Remember that if you don't take out the ROOT, it will still grow! Happy Weeding!

Answer 4

I went through the same thing when I first started gardening. It just takes a couple of seasons and you'll be able to pretty much tell the difference between your plants or plant sprouts and the weeds coming up around them.

If you remember where you planted your flowers and other green things are growing outside of that area, they may be weeds ... although, they may also be sprouts of plants which have self-sown from seeds that have fallen from your flowers.

As you put in new flowers/plants, you could try putting plant stakes in the ground by them. Using plant stakes can give you an idea of the general location of a plant vs a possible weed. This can be quite helpful especially if you want to be sure a particular plant does not get accidentally mistaken for a weed and then pulled up.

Also, when you put in new flowers, mulch around them. Anything then that grows up in the mulched area you can consider it a weed and pull it out. To keep weeds from becoming too big of a garden chore, remove them when they are young (http://www.gardening-quick-n-easy.com/we...

"When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily ... it is a valuable plant."

~ Author Unknown

*~ Good luck 'n happy gardening ~*

Answer 5

Look up and get picture of the foliage of the plowers you planted this will give you a idea of what you want to save.  Go to Flickr.com and search.  What is flower to me may be a weed to you.

Answer 6

Two ways: get a good wildflower/herb book with PHOTOS--not drawings--and learn what they look like or wait and see what they are! I'm not trying to be smartalecky here--you'd be surprised how many experienced gardners just wait and see what some things look like when they bloom.

It helps also to grow plants and flowers in rows--or with markers like colored popsicle sticks you can buy at a craft store--so you know where you planted seeds or bulbs. That way, anything that ISN'T coming up there, ISN'T a flower you planted!