Naughty but Nice Ground Elder and other umbellifers

I spend a fair amount of time digging out this fast growing invasive perennial weed, which can spread quickly & crowd out less vigorous plants but at this time of year I love to see it's beautiful white umbellifer flowers, which I will remove before they set seed.

If you love umbellifer flowers but want something a little better behaved I can recommend the following:

• Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
• Black Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing')
• Baltic Cow Parsley (Cenolophium denudatum)
• Bronze Fennel (foeniculum vulgar 'Purpureum) 
• White Lace flower (Orlaya grandiflora)
• Bishop's Flower (Ammi majus)
• Pink Hairy Chervil (Chaerophyllum hirsutum)
• Ornamental Wild Carrot (Daucu carota 'Dara')
• Dill (Anthem graveolens)
• & if you have the space - Angelica or it's purple cousin Purple Angelica (gigas)

If you have room for a few of these, with their graceful, elegant flowerheads & delicate foliage, they will encourage aphid-feeding hoverflies & bees into your garden.