These plants have many uses. Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) used to be called butter dock because its large leaves were used to wrap and conserve ...

Seedlings have a low competitive ability but once the deep taproot has developed the dock plant has an advantage over shallow rooted crops and grass .

How to remove dock leaves from your garden - expert problem-solving ... A tatty- looking, coarse-leaved plant that has deep, branching taproots, which will keep ...