![]() ![]() ![]() To prevent summer grass from growing on your lawn in the first place, you can try a pre-emergent herbicide in mid-spring. Identification: Summer grass grows in small bunches and has soft, hairy leaves that are attached to long stems.Ĭontrol tips: You can remove summer grass by hand, which will take you a little time, but will be effective, or you can apply a post-emergent herbicide to kill off the weed. Summer grass (Crabgrass) Christian Delber / Again, if you need a quick solution to the problem, you can use a weed-killing product that targets the winter grass. It also has long, off-white seed heads.Ĭontrol tips: If you are struggling with this type of grass-like weed, keeping your lawn healthy with fertiliser and by making sure it’s dense will help a lot. Identification: As the name of the weed suggests, the winter grass plant looks like, well, grass, is lime in colour, and soft to the touch. One very good tell, when trying to figure out if you are dealing with a bindii weed or not, is the leaves – they are finely divided and have sharp spines.Ĭontrol tips: As with the other types of weeds that we’ve talked about, you can handpick the bindii plant or use a specialised weed killing product. It grows in the shape of a rosette and has small flowers in its centre. Identification: The bindi weed is a short plant that has long prickly leaves. ![]() Bindii Soliva sessilis Photo: Cole Shoemaker, via Wikimedia Commons If you already have thistle bothering you, try manually removing it or use a good herbicide to destroy it – just make sure to spot treat and not spray your whole lawn with it – you don’t want to destroy the healthy grass. The best thing that you can do is to regularly mow your lawn to prevent the plant from showing up in the first place. Identification: Thistle is a weed that you can distinguish very easily – it has long, sharp leaves with many tiny pickles, grows fairly tall, and blooms bright purple flowers.Ĭontrol tips: Thistle is a very pesky weed. Of course, similarly to nutgrass, you can also opt for a selective herbicide. You can handpick the weed, making sure to pull out the whole root or to maintain a dense lawn, which will prevent an oxalis invasion. The only major difference is that this type of weed has small, yellow flowers, which are actually very pretty.Ĭontrol tips: When it comes to oxalis control, again, you have a few options. Identification: The oxalis plant looks very similar to the tiny 3-leaf clovers that you can find in almost any garden. Of course, the disadvantage of this method is the price of the weed-killing products – they tend to be on the costlier side. If you wish, you can also opt for a selective herbicide – it will help you treat larger areas faster. The downside of this weed control option is that it’s very time-consuming. You’ll need to dig up the plants with a small spade, making sure to take care of the bulbs. When left to grow freely, nutgrass forms tiny yellow-brown or purple-brown, spiky flowers, depending on the “version” of weed you have in your garden.Ĭontrol tips: The best way to get rid of nutgrass is by manually removing it. Identification: This type of plant can have either bright yellow-green or dark green leaves and triangular stems, which feel very “edgy”. ![]() Ok, so we’ve given you the basic things that you need to know about the 2 most common types of weeds in Australia – it’s time to break these down into specific plants to watch out for: Nutgrass Hasnia / Related article: Australian Grass Types: Identify & Choose The Right One For Your Lawn Common Australian lawn weeds & how to get rid of them ![]()
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