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"Weeds, by their nature, get around. This book treats about 140 weeds, and more than half of these may be found throughout most of North America. Many were originally native to eastern North America, and others first came from Eurasia. The author chooses weeds that have found their way into "his garden," the Botany Experimental Field at Indiana University where he has grown plants for more than half a century.". "The weeds are arranged by family because the author, a retired botany professor, cannot resist trying to turn other people into botanists, and it helps to know something about a plant's relatives. In the mode of his sixteenth-century forebear John Gerard, Charles Heiser discusses each weed according to The Name, common and scientific, The Time and Place, of flowering, and from where the plant originally came, The Description, and The Virtues, in which he relates fascinating weedy tales in a witty, conversational style.". "Not intended to be a manual of weed identification - although the descriptions, drawings, and photographs will help readers name many of their newfound friends - or weed eradication, this book is for anyone interested in weeds as plants. A veritable natur

Who reads Weeds in My Garden : Observations on Some Misunderstood Plants?

Author

Charles Bixler Heiser

Publisher

Timber Press, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780881925623

Category

science

Subjects

Agriculture, Fiction, Technology

Rating

3.92 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14