Carpetweed is a distinctive weed that as its name suggests spreads rapidly on the ground to form a prostrate mat.
Carpet like weeds.
It produces unsightly weeds that resemble crabgrass and the lawn can appear coarse and unmown.
To 20 inches tall where it grows.
Post emergent weed controls fight weeds that have already germinated.
Mollugo verticillata is in the carpetweed family molluginaceae previously included in the larger family aizoaceae a group of tropical and subtropical herbaceous plants and dwarf shrubs with fleshy or succulents leaves primarily in southern africa.
The best defense against carpetweed in lawns is a healthy well maintained turf.
Irrigate the lawn when there is less than 1 5 inches of rain in a week and fertilize regularly.
The term weed is used in a variety of senses generally centering around a plant that is not desired within a certain context.
Carpetgrass gets its name from the carpet like mats the grass forms on a lawn where established.
Carpet grass grows well in wet poorly drained soil.
Here is a handy photo identification page to help you determine the most common weeds that you might find in your gardens.
Choosing the right weed control product requires understanding the weed you want to fight and its stage of growth.
Choose a type of lawn grass that grows well in your area and maintain it according to the needs of the specific type of grass.
But you can be assured.
Weeds can also be grass like broadleaf or sedge.
Weeds with tap roots like dandelions or have a basal rosette leaves clustered close to the ground like plantain are easier to pull than weeds such as bermudagrass wiregrass or creeping charlie ground ivy that spread with stolons or creeping stems that root along the ground.
Sunny or shady landscape lawn or garden areas appearance.
The term weed is a subjective one as the old saying goes one person s weed is another s wildflower.
This garden weed has light green leaves that look like clover and cup shape yellow flowers in summer and fall.
Carpet grass produces crabgrass like tall seed heads in the summer which gives a weedy appearance.
Pull oxalis weeds by hand or spray weeds with a postemergence herbicide in spring or fall.
Pre emergent weed controls sometime called preventers work to keep weed seeds from germinating and developing.
It is low maintenance and.
Mulch garden areas in spring to prevent weeds.