Jun 18
I know, you say that about me ALL the time.
So, I told you about my ground cover (Erodium cicutarium aka Common Stork’s Bill aka Redstem filaree) on my front lawn, right? I posted pictures of it on Myspace, and my mom immediately told me I needed to get rid of it.
But why?! Oh, why, mom?! I think it’s SO pretty!
Well, I can now tell you why. It’s pretty aggressive, and it doesn’t live long. It blooms, spreads, and then dies.
Then I get a big brown spot in my lawn. And no grass. Only dead Redstem Stork’s Bill.
*sad*
I ended up pulling them all up from my lawn last night. Here’s what they look like out of my lawn.
Erodium cicutarium or Common Stork’s Bill or Redstem filaree:
5 Responses to “How can something SO beautiful be so evil?”
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June 19th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Yes, beautiful but EVIL.
Brown grass sucks big ones…but those flowers are so pretty. Tough choice.
Neat looking flower though, true to its name.
xo
June 19th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Indeed. I totally wanted to let it grow… buuuut…
*kicks ground*
Why can’t weeds be ugly?
June 19th, 2008 at 9:02 am
LOL!
I was just out front not ten minutes ago and laughed and thought of you, we have a small patch beside our little spa building that has BEAUTIFUL weeds growing there…I pulled them out (purples and yellows, kind of daisy like) and put them in a vase. Then mowed the suckers down.
xo
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 am
yeah, we have a bunch of little flowering weeds in our lawn as well. Weed and feed killed off all our Dandy Lions, but left the other stuff. Keeping a tidy lawn is a lot of work. It’s even harder when you have a baby to take care of
July 1st, 2008 at 10:41 am
Redstem Stork’s Bill sure is a perfect name for that thing! Sorry about your brown spot and your (probably) aching back from having to pull those.