Broadleaf weed identification is relatively simple because they stick out like a sore thumb.
The path to controlling broadleaf weeds in your lawn begins with understanding their life cycles.
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Broadleaf weed identification is relatively simple because they stick out like a sore thumb.
The path to controlling broadleaf weeds in your lawn begins with understanding their life cycles.
Broadleaf weed identification is relatively simple because they stick out like a sore thumb. The leaves look nothing like grass, and although some of their flowers look pretty, these weeds can quickly turn a great yard into a graveyard. Here’s what you need to know for quick broadleaf weed identification:
Examine the broadleaf weeds in your lawn and compare the leaves’ shapes to the broadleaf weed pictures in the images below. To determine what species you’re dealing with, evaluate the edges of the leaf blade (margins) to see if they’re serrated (toothed), rounded (lobed), or another shape.
Each broadleaf plant’s structure has distinguishing characteristics, ranging from the weed’s growth patterns and habits to the way its leaves are arranged.
Each plant is unique, so if you’re still having trouble pinpointing your problem, go through the individual detail pages on each type of broadleaf weed.
The path to controlling broadleaf weeds in your lawn begins with understanding their life cycles. Depending on whether you’re dealing with annuals, biennials or perennials, you may need to take a different approach to take back your yard.
Here’s how they differ:
The best way to prevent a broadleaf weed invasion is to keep your lawn so dense and healthy they never grow at all, but if these weeds are already cropping up, here’s how to control them.
The most effective weed control is a flourishing lawn because it’s more competitive and will crowd out broadleaf weeds. To keep your lawn lush, healthy and competitive, try:
Hand-pulling broadleaf weeds can work if there are only a few, especially if they’re annuals. Perennial weeds are harder to control by hand because you don’t always pull up the vegetative structure that sprouts new weeds.
Selective herbicides work on specific plants while causing little to no harm to other plant types—e.g., controlling only broadleaf weeds while not harming your lawn. Non-selective herbicides damage a large range of plants, including lawn grasses, so they’re typically used to clear landscape beds or all vegetation. TruGreen® uses a selective systemic broadleaf weed killer as part of our weed control program for your lawn, which ensures the product moves throughout the weed, killing it completely, root and all. Depending on variables such as weed type and time of year, some weeds may require multiple applications.