One one the hawkweeds much loved by beneficial insects and butterflies but spreads like crazy if allowed to seed.

Thanks Moon growe. I couldn't find it in my reference books.
I quite fancy it - it's a good colour. Do you think I'd be making a mistake to encourage it ?

Best wishes,
fuchsia

Oops. I wrote my password instead of my surname.

Thanks Moon growe,
Handley

Well, depends how much you want it all over your garden. Himself, Bulbaholic, introduced it to our last garden and we never could get rid of it :-)

You may find it attracts blackfly

I know it as fox and cubs, and it's counted as a noxious weed in some states in the US. I guess how badly it spreads under the local conditions

Like wildfire Beattie!

Thanks Steragram and Beattie. On your advice I think I'll leave it where it is and let the rough grass control it.

Best wishes, everybody,
Handley

Don't let the flower head seed or you will never be rid of it!

I'm not convinced that the rough grass is up to the task.

Me neither Beattie!

Thanks for the warnings everybody.
I'll give it a chance then blitz it next year if it spreads.

Best wishes,
Handley

If you let it spread this year you wont have a chance of controlling it next Handley. It will seed everywhere there is bare soil and the seeds can lie dormant for years. It is your garden but my advice would be to remove the flowering heads now.

As i don't often get a chance of showing off Latin names I'll just add that this one is Hieracium aurantiacum (I remembered seeing it in one of my wild flower books)
I'm sure you really wanted to know that...

lol