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The rains this winter in California after the drought have unfortunately hailed the return of this really annoying, invasive weed on a ma...Read More
This weed is terrible! Invasive and tries to strangle my ornamental bushes. But FAR WORSE, it caused me to have a SEVERE anaphylactic all...Read More
I was picking this pesky plant around my bushes and it caused me to get painful rash on my arms. I don't like this plant it wraps around ...Read More
This biennial has become a maintenance nightmare in some large beds of Rosa rugosa.
Yes, it is annoying, but it is a good source of green for my compost piles. I have a homemade cement rake. I had a muffler shop weld an...Read More
Cleavers (Galium aparine) Sticky Willy, is an invasive pest in Tasmania! With the hot dry Summers we now have due to climate change, it's...Read More
I've weeded this stuff 2X for clients and it packs a very rashy punch. Wear gloves and a long sleeved shirt ! It sticks to everything. I ...Read More
My dog eats this by the tonne. She rips it out and munches it like a cow. Am glad to find out that is not harmful and actually has medici...Read More
Weedy but has many uses. Fruit of the plant can be used as a coffee substitute as it contains cafeine. Also appears to have some medicina...Read More
DO. NOT. WANT.
This invasive plant comes up every year, and I've finally resorted to Round-Up. Not only the burr-like seeds, but ...Read More
So glad to read an entry from 2008 about a dog ingesting and loving this weed. I have a 17 month old Dobie who has discovered the weed in...Read More
Contender for the title of Ultimate Weed this is actually quite an inoffensive plant (compare to other same habitat weeds Thistle - vici...Read More
So glad to learn about the benefits of this 'weed', thanks you all DGers for the great info. Yes, I have it in my beds but had no problem...Read More
This plant is a super invasive weed in Oregon. I can't imagine why anyone would want to cultivate it. I pull it out but there's so much...Read More
HATE HATE HATE this one...it has taken over our raspberry patch...and is growing all over the flower beds...sticky, irritating plant. Ou...Read More
Is anyone allergic to this plant/weed/cleavers? I break out with a rash comparable to poision ivy. I would like to know how to kill it na...Read More
This plant is very invasive! If you are not careful it will take up your entire yard, and it can choke out other plants by climbing up on...Read More
We live in a fairly rural area in southeast England surrounded by farmland. Last week, our Jack Russell went off in search of rabbits an...Read More
We have plenty of Sticky Willy in Salem, OR. At least it is easy to
pull out and get rid of, or it has been for me. I hate it st...Read More
Catchweed is what it is - a thug. The only good thing now about pulling it is that it sticks together in this big blob, and every so ofte...Read More
This is a truly evil, invasive plant. It was never invited to live here with us. The delicate flowers are misleading. You'll get a terr...Read More
I consider it a weed. Only good thing is that it's easy to pull off.
In my area, Sticky willy germinates in the late fall and is one of the few annuals to stay green after frosts, freezes and snow. Right no...Read More
Updated - April 2009
I wrote about our dog and this plant last year.
This year she (the dog) is completely healed and stil...Read More
This plant is a pest, but on the positive side, it's rather pretty and real easy to pull up!
Unlike in most areas, here Cleavers is a native species. And while most consider it to be a noxious weed, I don't. Here is some informa...Read More
We are overrun with Catchweed and my (unsuccessful) solution is to pull it as soon as I see it ... it requires too much vigilance for my ...Read More
My judgement of this weed isn't too harsh. Most likely I haven't been able to observe it's thuggishness because it's pitted against much ...Read More
This is a really nasty weed; however it is edible! The young shoots can be boiled for 10-15 minutes and serves with butter. The ripe frui...Read More
Catchweed is considered invasive or noxious in many parts of the US, Canada and Australia. It is difficult to control, let alone to erad...Read More
It's all over here in the Sacramento valley and it's a real pest. Remove it as fast as you can and use gloves because it's really irrati...Read More
This plant emerges in late winter here in West KY. I spend the better part of the next 3 months pulling it out. Despite it's herbal prope...Read More
Although this plant is a fast grower and rambles over everything in its path, as an herb it is used as a dried extract (capsules and powd...Read More
In the Edwardian Age people used to get a whole bunch of Sticky Willy and put it in hot water and drink it for a whole month. It seemed t...Read More
In the southeast US, catchweed bedstraw is an obnoxious weed. It grows very quickly, starting in early summer: one day you'll have a huge...Read More
I can see why it's listed as a noxious weed in several areas; it has a prostrate habit, its stems "stick" to anything that brushes agains...Read More