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RE: Creeping thistle / Acker-Kratzdistel / Cirsium arvense (Free Cultural Works by @schamangerbert)

I love thistles
even the bigger one
their flowers look so delicately pretty
unfortunately, they're considered weed and tend to attract aphids so we can't afford to have them not even this one sob

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If the aphids taking control you just use some black tea to kill them without hurting the plant, but on the other side the ants need them too. So it is to find a balance with them. In my garden there are only 3 of this plant, I think that is needed for the butterflies.