Here’s a creeper that covers the ground in my backyard. Tough little thing, since it grows under perpetual shade (thanks to FOUR fruit trees). Has small white flowers with maroon hearts.

Here’s another weedy-weed weed that likes growing in the cracks. Its got little white flowers at its furry bases.

Technically, tis’ not a weed. My mom saw this coconut with a shoot growing out of it laying on the ground. She picked it up and brought it home. She kept it sitting in a dish of water for a good while, then threw it back into some undergrowth in the park where she walks every day. Said she hoped it would grow into a coconut tree. 

Hello, dear people! 

Well fuck me, I am sorry to have missed the past few days of weeds. 

Here they are, in a big weedy bundle. 

1. I call this one hitch-a-ride. It’s got little green seeds that cling to the bottom of your pants or socks if you get too close. I think something similar inspired that dude who invented Velcro. 

2. Grass

3. A creeper growing over our wall from the neighbour’s side. It’s really pretty. 

4. Not technically a weed. It’s a malnourished aloe vera plant I drew when I was at my parents place in the city. 

5. This one had small, bright yellow flowers. 

This is a handsome lookin’ common weed. It loves growing out of the cracks in the wall or drain. 

This plant has been happily growing in a wild bunch under a tree in our front yard. On the day I was drawing it, Zedeck’s mom came for a visit. She said: that’s not a weed! I planted it years ago! 

She called it pokok Lidah Ular (snake tongue plant). When boiled into a tea, it’s meant to have great medicinal properties, boosting the immune system. It’s incredibly bitter. 

Seems to go by plenty cool names: Raja Pahit (King of Bitters), Hempedu Bumi (Bile of the Earth), and Akar Cerita (Root of Story). The scientific name is andrographis paniculata.

This one had slim pod-like things sticking out of the stem. Also pretty white flowers with deep purple hearts.