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By Frank (registered) | Posted May 29, 2008 at 09:52:51

Just a bit of clarification regarding weeds and wildflowers. The Webster's definition of weed is "a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially : one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants" so the term weed is somewhat subjective and it is quite possible that some view what others call wildflowers ("the flower of a wild or uncultivated plant or the plant bearing it") as weeds. Having grown up in the country I know that although some wildflowers might look great, once they take over and choke out other growth they do become weeds. Naturlization doesn't mean just leaving dandelions to take over ever part of the city. A naturescape is precisely that, a "scape" not a field of dandelions, which btw, look great when they're flowering but once the seeds have left them, look as ugly as sin. In terms of logic, it is quite possible that a weed is a wildflower however not all wildflowers are weeds.

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