Gardening Question From Brad: We have some goathead but also another plant that looks very similiar. The diff is that this plant does not thorn and it has pink/purple flowers rather than yellow. It’s leaves are fern like and finer. It branches out like goathead does. When young it is quite pretty but with age […]
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Categories : Garden Q & A, Weeds
Question from Tricia: First I wanted to say I’m very thankful for your knowledge and expertise in this field that I have very little of. I met you once a few years ago at a horticultural society meeting, and purchased 2 of your books. I would love nothing more than to spend time gardening everyday, […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Weeds
Question form Jake: Fox tail has taken over my lawn in the back yard. I have a grazing tortoise that lives back there so using toxic weed killer is out of the question. Is there any solution? What would you suggest? Answer from Pat: Several grasses of the Alopecurus, Bromus, Hordeum, and Setaria genuses share […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Weeds
Question from Joy: I live in El Cajon, Calif. We have a weed here that we call a “goathead”. Do you know what it actually is? and how I can get rid of them? We call use that name becaause the sticker looks like a rock with 2 horn. They are actually so sharp and […]
Categories : Weeds
I once asked my gardener Raymundo why he never weeds. “Because in your garden, Senora,” he replied, “you can ‘t tell the difference between a weed and a flower!” He had notice d that in our mild Southern California climate many garden plants are self-sowers, plants that drop fertile seeds which germinate to become “volunteers,”little […]
In my opinion the three most pernicious weeds in this area are common Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), purple or yellow nutsedge (Cyperus sp.) and creeping oxalis (Oxalis stricta and O. corniculata). I choose these three is because they seem most difficult to get rid of. Chemical controls are available for all these problems, and if […]
Categories : Weeds
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