Other Books by Nancy Peters and Names of the 4 Weeds on The Cover Page
10 Ways to Tell if It’s a Weed
PART II - THE QUESTIONS TO ASK
Question 1
Have known cultivars or crops
disappeared as the suspect grows?
Question 2
Does the suspect have especially rapid
growth as it knocks off the competition?
Question 3
Is it hard to eradicate?
Question 4
Is it invasive in the wild?
Question 5
Does it flourish in a tough, disturbed,
abandoned site where little else can?
Question 6
Does it grow where nothing like it was planted?
Question 7
Is it a remarkably adaptable plant?
Question 8
Is it poisonous or dangerous?
Question 9
Is it unappealing for some aesthetic reason?
B. Are its flowers tiny or inconspicuous?
C. Does it smell or taste bad?
D. Is it covered with spines,
hairs, thorns or sticky materials?
Question 10
Most important of all:
Is it what you don’t want to grow?