Treating Crabgrass/Grassy Weeds Crabgrass Crabgrass can run rampant in the summer. Hot summers with adequate rainfall push summer weeds like crabgrass along. Crabgrass is a warm-season annual grass meaning that it [...]
LEARN ABOUT WEEDS
FUN FACTS: About Weeds You Never Knew!
Weeds are simply nature’s way of quickly covering up bare ground. Opportunistic and aggressive, they are genetically designed to germinate, grow and propagate faster than most desirable plants. Most plants only produce several hundred seeds, but weeds are especially prolific. One single weed can produce anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 seeds. With these odds, it’s easy to see how weeds can quickly take over your garden or lawn if left untreated.
COMMON ANNUAL WEEDS
Annual weeds germinate in the fall and winter and grow actively in spring. Gardeners are often surprised how quickly these weeds can seemingly pop up overnight in their yards and gardens, being unaware that they may have been growing slowly all winter long. After they flower in spring they die and disappear for the summer only to return in fall or winter when new seeds germinate. We control with a broadleaf postemergent herbicide applied when the weeds are actively growing in the spring.
Large Hop Clover
Large Hop Clover Type: Broadleaf Winter annual; spreads by reseeding itself; often forms colonies Size: 12″-14″ High Where it grows: unmowed areas, such as hillsides or pastures, it can grow more upright, [...]
What is Nutsedge?
Nutsedge is aggressive and a persistent weed that will infest lawns, and gardens. They can be extremely hard to kill, and to control them is going to be a long procedure. Successful control includes both mechanical [...]
Clover Weed
Clover Weed Type: Broadleaf Perennial Size: 5.5″ to 11.5″ tall Where it grows: While it can grow in many different places, it is typically found in lawns, especially sparse lawns where the competition from [...]
Corn Speedwell
Corn Speedwell Type: Broadleaf annual Size: 3.5″ to 15.7″ high from a taproot. Where it grows: Overall, light is a major source of their survival and growth. In other words, they can grow in darkness, however, [...]
Dandelions
Dandelions Type: Broadleaf perennial Size: 4-8″ inches tall Where it grows: They grow best in areas that are sunny and moist. Appearance: Jagged, with deep lobes, similar in appearance to chicory leaves; Stems are [...]
Plantain Weeds
Plantain Broad Leaf Weed Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) is a perennial, broadleaf weed. Broadleaf plantain is a common weed in turfgrass, nurseries, and landscapes as it can tolerate very low mowing heights. [...]
Poa Annua Trivialis
Poa Annua Trivialis Type: Annual Bluegrass Size: The stem grows from 6″–10″ high Where it grows: Moist lawns. Appearance: All tasseled seed stalk that will typically stand up above the rest of the lawn and becomes [...]