As a responsible dog owner, it’s important to be aware of the potential harms of any product you use in your outdoor spaces. Herbicides are one such product; containing harsh chemicals that are toxic to plant life, this leads to the question of their toxicity to your pets. As a general rule of thumb, you…
Wild violets are one of the many weeds with purple flowers that you may come across in your lawn or garden beds. These plants are non-toxic to humans and pets, and attractive to beneficial insects and pollinators. However, wild violets are often considered a lawn weed due to their invasive and aggressive growth habit. There…
Although you can do it, planting grass seed over existing weeds is not a great idea for the health of your new grass. Grass, particularly young new grass, will struggle to grow alongside invasive established weeds; the weeds will rob them of nutrients and water, choking out your tender seedlings at this delicate stage of…
Being particularly prevalent in the south, spurge is a common weed to lawns in the US. This low-growing weed can establish itself in a lawn or garden bed, spreading quickly by seed to form a full infestation. You can kill spurge weeds in a lawn either by digging up the weeds by hand or using…
In theory, there are a multitude of different methods you can use to kill weeds in your yard. However, when faced with a lawn full of weeds, your options for control are limited; you need to choose a method that will kill the weeds without killing the surrounding grass. To kill weeds without killing grass,…
Despite being an edible plant with medicinal properties, henbit is considered an invasive weed common to lawns across the US. To kill henbit weeds, you can either hand-pull the henbit or treat it with a suitable post-emergent weed killer. Following its removal, you can prevent reinfestation of this weed by mulching the soil, using corn-gluten…
Types of weeds with purple flowers include wild violets, forget-me-nots, creeping charlie, purple deadnettle, henbit, black nightshade, thistles, and red clover. All of these weeds may cause small purple flowers to grow in grass or garden beds. What Are the Weeds with Purple Flowers Called? There are a few different types of weeds with purple…
Nothing ruins a summer day like getting stuck with stickers from sticker weeds in your yard. Sticker weeds are a family of small irritating weeds which stick to skin, clothes, hair, and pets, causing pain and annoyance upon their removal. To enjoy your yard to its full extent, you’ll want to take some measures to…
For most types of plants, summer is the most prolific growing season. The warm temperatures and increased amount of sunlight create the ideal growing conditions for plants to grow with vigor. Unfortunately, this also includes the growth of many invasive summer weeds. Broadleaf summer weeds include black medic, carpetweed, purslane, ground ivy, pineapple weed, prostrate…
Using a herbicide only containing natural ingredients is the best choice when it comes to weed control, regardless of whether you’re an organic gardener or not. In place of the toxic chemicals that synthetic weed killers contain, natural weed killers use organic ingredients that are safer to work with and better for the environment. Many…
