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Identify Garden Weeds By Pictures Most garden weeds require the same simple treatment, hoeing and weeding. But where a weed is proving troublesome in your garden you may want to identify it and make further investigations. Our pictures and descriptions of different weeds will help you do this. If you have any pictures of named weeds, send them to us and we will publish them with a credit to you. CLICK ANY PICTURE BELOW TO ENLARGE IT GROUND ELDER Aegopodium podagraria Ground elder reaches a height of about 1m (3ft). It spreads very quickly if left to its own devices. Easily identified by the characteristic white flowers. Click the picture to enlarge. BLACK MEDICK Medicago lupulina Black Medick is commonly found in lawns, especially short cut lawns. Good lawn culture should overcome this low creeping weed. Don't cut the lawn too close Click the picture to enlarge (courtesy of Colin Philpott). COUCH GRASS Elymus repens Couch Grass is a persistent and invasive weed. Click here for our page on how to clear couch grass. Also known as "twitch". BINDWEED Convolvulus arvensis Bindweed and Bellbind are very similar in appearance and can be treated the same. Very invasive, they require persistent weeding to eradicate them. Their roots can go down 5m (16ft). Click here for a close up of the leaf and flower. WHITE CLOVER Trifolium repens White Clover is often found in cultivated grass. It spreads easily. Click the picture to enlarge it. Without resorting to a chemical weed killer, this weed is difficult to eradicate. Dig up each plant with the roots and as much of the runners as possible. Don't cut the lawn too close. WALL BARLEY Hordeum murinum Wall Barley is relatively easy to control. Simply cut is low so that no seeds fall on the soil. Existing seeds will only survive two years so the regular cutting this weed can be eradicated in two years. Click the picture to enlarge it. STINGING NETTLE Urtica dioica Wait for a day when the soil is damp, equip yourself with a stout pair of gloves and pull each nettle up by gripping it near the base and gently ease it out of the soil with the roots. Click the picture to enlarge it. SUN SPURGE (aka Cat's Milk, Devil's Milk, Wartweed and Turnsole) Euphorbia helioscopia Can irritate the skin, and if eaten will cause significant sickness. The seeds last for 8 years in the ground so don't let them et seed. The weed can be pulled up individually by hand. Click the picture to enlarge it. THISTLE There are a wide varieties of thistles but they should be treated the same. Either hoe as soon as they are noticed or weed them individually when the soil is damp. Click the picture to enlarge it. LESSER TREFOIL (aka Little Hop Clover or Yellow Suckling Clover) Trifolium dubium A difficult weed to eradicate, especially in lawns. It spreads by runners and seed. The seeds remain viable for 20 years. Hand weed, removing as much of the runners as possible. Click the picture to enlarge it. DANDELION Taraxacum With their long tap roots Dandelions are difficult to eradicate. On top of that the seeds remain viable for 15 years. Hand weed on a day when the soil is moist. Pull up as much of the root as possible. Click the picture to enlarge it. MAYWEED (aka Dog's Chamomile) Matricaria recutita Mayweed is not particularly invasive so individual plants can be hand weeded when the soil is damp. Don't let it flower because the seeds stay viable for over 10 years in the soil. Click the picture to enlarge it. DAISY (aka Billy's Buttons, Bachelor's Buttons) Bellis perennis Daisies are common in short cut lawns. Hand weed to remove them with the roots and the runners. Allow the grass to grown slightly long and they will not like the competition. Click the picture to enlarge it. BACK TO GARDEN TECHNIQUES

Name: Terry Harris
E-mail: td1harris@gmail.com
Date posted: October 13, 2011 - 02:08 pm
Message: Please help..I have an invasive grass that started growing this year and I dont know how to rid of it. It has tall stems with a double fork at the end with black seedlings and I cant find it listed anywhere much less how to kill or control it. Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

Name: Janice Grainger
E-mail: graingercrew@aol.com
Date posted: October 02, 2011 - 12:58 pm
Message: How can I get rid of a creeping grass that is taking over my lawns. It has several blades of grass along its long creeping stem. I have recently heard it refered to as Bermuda Grass.

Name: Mark AKA Little Greeny
E-mail: Private
Date posted: September 29, 2011 - 12:55 pm
Message: I have a low growing, slow spreading "weed" that looks like a very small clover with 4 leaves each.
Cannot find photo of similar on internet and cannot identify. Any help?

Name: Mark
E-mail: mmurphy@cor[ssecurity.co.uk
Date posted: September 29, 2011 - 12:53 pm
Message: I have a low growing, slow spreading "weed" that looks like a very small clover with 4 leaves each.
Cannot find photo of similar on internet and cannot identify. Any help?

Name: marie
E-mail: mroddis@hotmail.com
Date posted: September 20, 2011 - 04:18 am
Message: I have a similar problem to Gillian's (see below). This bulbous weed keeps shedding tiny bulblets and has spread through to anywhere that is frequently cultivated. I keep forking it up but this only seems to spread it. Help!

Name: tom hallinger
E-mail: Private
Date posted: August 28, 2011 - 05:46 pm
Message: I have some type of weed growing in old mulch that looks like alaskian snow crab legs .. it attracts flys to it ?

Name: Mike Napier
E-mail: mnapier643@aol.com
Date posted: August 15, 2011 - 07:57 pm
Message: I have a low growing, slow spreading "weed" that looks like a very small clover with 4 leaves each.
Cannot find photo of similar on internet and cannot identify. Any help?

Name: Nancy Cameron
E-mail: njcameron@comcast.net
Date posted: August 14, 2011 - 04:04 pm
Message: I have a weed that has just taken over my raspberry garden this year. Leaves are shaped almost like my raspberry leaves, but the stem is smooth and contains moisture when you cut into it. Very invasive and it comes up very close to my existing raspberry canes and, literally, prevents any new raspberry plants from coming. Very shallow root system and can be pulled very easily It forms little white seeds. My bushes are for the most part dead this year 'cause it was hit by a ton of Japanese Beetles. Can you identify this weed for me? Thank You

Name: Geoff Harrop
E-mail: gharrop@ntlworld.com
Date posted: June 14, 2011 - 03:06 am
Message: I have a vertical fast growing plant with purple heart shaped leaves and stems. At approx. 1m height some insignificant flowers soon produce seed which germinates readily. It makes quite a colourful splash but what is it? Searched everywhere but not found. it grows a bit like jack-by-the-hedge but stronger and taller.

Name: Gillian
E-mail: collingwoodgillian@yahoo.co.uk
Date posted: May 31, 2011 - 05:28 pm
Message: Hi i have a weed/plant that has grown all over my vegetable garden i think its a shammrock it grows a 3 leaf clover pink flowers and it is either a tublar or lots of little bulbs can you please advise how to get rid of this Thanking You

Name: chris
E-mail: Private
Date posted: May 22, 2011 - 01:36 pm
Message: can you please tell me the name of the plant that grows in walls and dry spots ,it has red ,pink,or white flowers and flowers in late may and june,it is 18ins to 2ft in height and quite bushy,it also seems to take over when left alone

Name: alice
E-mail: Private
Date posted: May 04, 2011 - 07:51 am
Message: hi. i really like this website because it tells me about weeds. and it helps

Name: Roger
E-mail: roghold@aol.com
Date posted: October 20, 2010 - 11:29 am
Message: HELP !!, I seem to be losing a battle of getting rid of some sort of ground cover weed. It has only appeared this year and is very prolific. The centre is a hard stem, from which anything up to a dozen runs appear which can cover anything from a foot to a yard from the stem. The tendrils are quite fine and the sample I am looking at has small green oval leaves about half an inch long, and at each leaf joint rhere are 2 or 3 tiny flower buds which is purple/pink ish at the tip of the bud. The leaf joint are about 1/2 to 3/4 " apart, this tendril is nealy 24" long. Can anyone help to identify it pleaase ??

Name: M Lance
E-mail: Private
Date posted: September 07, 2010 - 09:32 pm
Message: I am being devoured by a weed spreading through my gardens, and need help to identigy and eradicate it. I can email pictures. It has multitude od white roots underground, green pointy leaf,purple on back, tiny white flowers in spring/summer. Every tiny bit re-grows and it's spreading fast, if left it grows through plants and taller, choking them. NEED HELP!

Name: Maureen
E-mail: nigel@neden.adsl24.co.uk
Date posted: August 29, 2010 - 10:53 am
Message: We have a bushy weed with a deep red fruit which looks like half of a blackberry any ideas?