One of our favourite long flowering perennials, the daisy-type blooms of Mexican fleabane (or Erigeron karvinskianus, to use its formal name) can be seen peeping out from all corners of Wisley at ...

Learn about the native weed you should keep in your yard and leave alone. You may be surprised by the different types of ...

Broad-leaved fleabane is a common weed in waste places and on roadsides, but has become more common on farms in New Zealand in recent years. The stems can grow over a metre tall, are not readily eaten ...

But then there's also a role for insecticides - things like my tansy, my wormwood, fleabane. They're for keeping insects out of the house, things like flies or ants or, or body lice, fleas.

You can also buy plants that seed themselves, providing you with free plants year after year. They include columbine, rose campion, mountain cranesbill, foxgloves, purple top, and Mexican fleabane.

Lambeth Council and the Friends of Brockwell Park have worked together to create a new wildlife-friendly habitat for native species that can also help prevent flooding.