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It really is quite silly

If I want to grow a lily

The time and fuss and effort that

It takes to make a show.

But a buttercup or daisy

Is not at all that lazy,

I can leave it to get on with it

And know that it will grow.



If a rose bush I neglected

It would probably get infected

With a leaf mould or a greenfly

Which would lead to its demise.

But a dandelion don't need it,

I don't have to mulch or feed it,

And I never need to prune it to

Manipulate its size.



With a weed there is no weeding,

It's self-sowing and self-seeding,

Quite different from the annuals I

Must re-sow every spring.

And I wouldn't need my barrow

With a garden full of yarrow,

I could lie there in my deck chair

And not worry 'bout a thing.



That humble, little clover

Could be left to grow all over

Bringing great delight,I'm certain,

To the butterflies and bees.

It would multiply and flourish

So I wouldn't need to nourish

With my poor, old back complaining

While I'm down there on my knees.



To waste it is a pity

When oxalis is so pretty

And it never is affected when the

Weather brings us storms.

There's no call for manure

For the spray that's meant to cure

Only helps in distribution of

Its robust, little corms.



Should I desire a climber

Then convolvulus, that old-timer,

Would decorate my fences and

Enhance my garden wall.

And if I had to shear it

I could hack it, slash it, tear it,

And it wouldn't even shudder,

No,it wouldn't care at all.



Instead of costly, fussy flowers

Which I tend for hours and hours

My "wild flower" garden would respond

Without much work to do.

If I create some market needs,

Consumer uses for my weeds,

I could sell them off in quantity

And make some money too