weeds
Learn how to get rid of many lawn weeds including crabgrass, wild violet, poa annua, and many more.
How to Get Rid of Black Medic Weeds in Your Lawn
A common weed known to invade lawns and gardens, black medic is known by several different names, including yellow trefoil, yellow clover, and black clover. A summer annual weed, black medic usually dies off with ...
How to Get Rid of Japanese Knotweed
Perched on bamboo-like stems, Japanese knotweed, aka Godzilla weed, is one of the most invasive plants the world over. If you’re unlucky enough to identify Japanese knotweed growing in your lawn or garden, you’ll want ...
How to Get Rid of Oxalis in Lawn (Kill & Control Oxalis Weed)
A perennial weed, oxalis can be a tenacious pest that sometimes gets mistaken for clover. However, this type of creeping wood sorrel can easily invade lawns and be difficult to get rid of. Perfectly at ...
7 Lawn Weeds with White Flowers (Identification + Control)
White-flowered weeds may look harmless—even pretty—but they can quickly overtake your lawn if left untreated. These invasive plants compete with grass for nutrients, water, and sunlight, leading to thin, patchy turf. Identifying these weeds by ...
Weeds With Purple Flowers: Identification and Control
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS After treating hundreds of residential and commercial properties, I can confidently say that these purple-flowered broadleaf weeds are the No. 1 nemesis. They’re a battle, but follow these tips to keep ...
Weeds with Yellow Flowers (Common Lawn Weed Guide)
Weeds–tenacious plants that interfere with lawns, flower beds, even agricultural crops. Hardcore survivalists, weeds compete, sometimes mercilessly, with the less aggressive plants we strive to grow for essential nutrients, water, and even sunlight. As gardeners, ...
THE BEST Weed Killer for Lawns (That Won’t Kill Grass)
Weeds are something we all try to avoid when it comes to our lawns. While they are technically plants, they are almost always unwanted. They steal nutrients and resources from the plants you want in ...
The Best Dandelion Killer for 2026 (That Won’t Kill Your Grass)
LAWN PHIX PRO PICK Nothing says springtime like seeing dandelions flowering throughout neighborhoods in May. I service over 100 acres of lawns annually, and the #1 broadleaf weed I see in commercial and residential properties ...
Orchardgrass in Lawn: How to Control This Unwanted Grass
Common in the Midwest and in cool-season lawns, orchardgrass is a problematic weed that tends to grow in bunches. Known as pasture grass, it’s also a problematic one if it infiltrates your lawn turf. In ...
How To Get Rid of Henbit Lawn Weeds
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS The purple-colored flowers might look pretty when they bloom, but the henbit weed is nothing that you want in your lawn, garden, or landscaping. Henbit grows in areas that are constantly ...
Getting Rid of Quackgrass in Lawns
Quackgrass is a common perennial grass that grows in many different climates and just about every type of soil. And if it’s not managed properly, this creeping perennial grass can quickly lead to an unsightly ...
How To Get Rid of Chickweed in Your Lawn For Good
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS Chickweed is one of the most common fall/winter broadleaf weeds I see around here in New England – the two types being mouse-ear and common chickweed. These annual weeds germinate in ...