How many times have you heard certain plants dismissed as “Oh, that’s just a weed?” When weeds have pretty flowers, can they be so cavalierly dissed? I don’t think so. Here are four plants that could be either weeds or wildflowers. You make the call.
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- The small but attractive silverleaf nightshade flowers are striking when clumped. Sometimes the flowers are white, but the toxic berries that the flowers form are always yellow.
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- A water lover, the yellow columbine decorates stream and ditch banks all over the Southwest.
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- Ah, the bane of allergy sufferers, goldenrod is rough on the nose, but gentle on the eyes. These flowers used to make my mom Barbara miserable.
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- Regardless of whether you plant them or they grow without human help, morning glories are quite decorative. A related plant, bindweed, has pink flowers and is invasive in home gardens.
