What is so bad about dandylions?

they are nicely colored, hardy, and edible-why have we villified them?-if they were a bit bigger,and came in a few more color varieties they would make an awesome garden flower-wouldn't they?

What is so bad about dandylions?
They still are grown in gardens in various areas and they make awesome wine. Plants only get called weeds when they people decide they're a nuisance. The best gift I ever gave was the first dandelion blossom I would find every spring. I never knew it was considered a weed because it was the best gift my mother ever received. Even though my daughter is 24 that first dandelion she gives to me every spring is the best gift I could ever get.





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Reply:I love them just because I have two young girls who love them too, I used to sing the song, Mama had a baby and the head popped off, and pop the heads off, then the whole blowing of the seeds is such a good memory


but I've never tried to eat them yet, I know the Amish around here love them...but I am not sure...maybe I'll be brave this year and eat some dandelions
Reply:My Mother and I have always felt the same way. We have never understood why they are considered a weed. They are so beautiful.And as you pointed out so many uses come from dandelions. They should be in nursery's right next to all the other flowering plants. And in the produce isle too.
Reply:I like the dandelions--they are very pretty, and hardy! I used to pick bouquets of them for my mother who would make a big deal of it and put them in a vase on the dinner table... I hope my son will do the same for me when he is bigger... I have to agree with 'meanolma...' and many of the others, we need to rethink what is good for our whole planet (like no yard chemicals!) Mother Nature made dandelions for a reason! I do pull them from my cultivated gardens, just because they do choke out more delicate plants, but to help contribute to the local bee community (we are in farming country that is quickly becoming subdivisions), we hold a 'Dandelion Festival' every year, much to the dismay of our snootier neighbors. The bees love it, and honey production is up!
Reply:My Dad had a saying, Everthing has a place and everthing should be put in that place.


These cute little flowers belong in parks and meadows, not in my lawn!
Reply:i think it would be a good garden.
Reply:they are very pretty but their spread cannot be controlled and they choke out the root systems of grass. So even if you were to make a bed of them in your own yard and treat your grass ( which is expensive under ordinary conditions) they will spread to your neighbors yards and that would be intrusive on them.
Reply:There really isn't anything wrong with them besides, them being weeds and growing in yards unwanted sometimes.
Reply:They can quickly take over the entire lawn.
Reply:they don't taste goodin.


they stank when ripped


they are goodin for bees tho.
Reply:They spread too quickly and choke out every other thing. I hate them. But I'll send them to you if you want them.
Reply:I'm with you.... if not for those first dandys, the earliest bees and butterflies wouldn't have a bite to eat!!!...AND... they're usually the first flower to bloom on the ground in spring!... makes me happy to see them.....I LOVE a plot of 'grass' that has clover and dandys and violets in it for the critters... and ya know what?... my 'lawn' of these WEEDS is greener than anyone else's on the block... all the time!!!.... my neighbor has these weeds that grow flowers with yellow dots at the top of the stem and I have creeping charlie which is purple and henbit, too and where our yards meet up, it's so pretty early in spring!..... I don't have to buy anything chemical for my lawn and it grows so nice.....





it's really time we all changed our minds about what constitutes a 'nice lawn'.... green carpet it ain't......
Reply:They Taste Gross
Reply:It's spelled "dandelions," and "vilified." And who has vilified dandelions? I think they're great! Why don't you stop typing at the computer and go make a dandelion garden? Did you know there is dandelion wine?
Reply:Because it's not delicate, too easy to grow
Reply:yes! npthing is wrong with em. o want to plant them in my room, but my grandma said no cuz their weeds! what a bunch of bull $#IT!!!