How do i get rid of a nasty flower the roots are becoming like a weed?

Lori Dumm
by Lori Dumm
I forget what their called,maybe pink blossoms,they are small,but every year they grow taller,and spread all over my landscape.I dig up the roots but can't get them .
  8 answers
  • Jean Jean on Jun 19, 2017

    Spray with Roundup

  • Ebie Ebie on Jun 19, 2017

    Use hot boiling water with some salt added in.

    Or vinegar and water will also kill the roots and plant.

  • Zayra Reasor Zayra Reasor on Jun 19, 2017

    Roundup has a Weed & Grass Killer but I've noticed that Scott's Spot Weed Control works better

  • Filomena Lewis Filomena Lewis on Jun 19, 2017

    There is a product called "Brush Killer". I use it for poison Ivy and other things. You don't have to use your hands. Just point the spayer and shoot. It will die. I use this on all of my stubborn weeds that are hard to pull up.

  • Carmen Carmen on Jun 19, 2017

    Round Up, like other weed killers, is dangerous to humans, animals and the environment. Please don't use them! Use hot salt water to kill the weed and then pull it up. Or keep it - it's pretty.

  • Marilyn Bates Marilyn Bates on Jun 19, 2017

    These plants are Mexican Evening Primrose. They are drought resistant perennials. I love them because they reseed and are beautiful when mixed in with other wild flowers. Cut them back if they get too leggy. Don't use toxins such as Roundup. It's harmful to you and the environment.

  • Granny Granny on Jun 19, 2017

    Buttermilk will kill any plant or tree that you put it on ......Salt kills also but when you salt the earth...nothing grows there for a very very long time. Salt only where you don't want anything to grow for generations.

  • Carmen Carmen on Jul 08, 2017

    Then just pull it up. Or live with it. It's better than poisoning people and animals.