How to get rid of what I believe to be bugle weed in my lawn!
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Broadleaf herbicide like Scotts Weed n Feed for the lawn, and Weed B Gon for other areas... keep off your flowers and shrubs.
Cut out and replace with new Turf and sell or offer or Donate the plants off. (Someone will be happy to have them..............I would love them myself.......
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/ajuga/how-to-control-ajuga-plants.htm
This looks like what we know as "Creeping Charley" We have it everywhere! About the only thing that seems to make much of a dent is to start early and pull!
It looks like Ajuga to me. The amount of plants in your photo would cost $100+ at a nursery here in Pennsylvania! This is a very desirable ground cover plant - please don't use chemicals to destroy it! If you REALLY want to be rid of it, dig it out, and offer to other home owners!
I also think it looks like Amiga. Take a piece to a nursery for identification before damaging it.
Bugleweed and ajuga are the same plant. Most plants are known by many different names. Bugleweed is a medicinal herb used to stem the blood flow from cuts or in a tea for respiratory ailments. I have them growing under my magnolia trees, so hard to get anything to grow there. Right now they are blooming bright bluish purple stalks. I love them, but to each his own. They can take over an area if they really like the spot. I have them in a place next to my fence where if I don’t keep an eye on it can get out of control. It loves to keep spreading. In some areas I can’t get it to spread. If you don’t like them, dig them out. If you must use herbicide, use it sparingly. It’s your garden, make it how you like it.
It is in the mint family and spreads not only by seed but by runners. you have to dig below the roots and get them all and give away or bag up and dispose of it. I DO NOT USE HERBICIDES, they cause too many problems. if you feel you have to use something, try vinegar but spray only on the bugle weed, it will kill anything it touches, changes the PH of the soil.
Personally I adore ajuga, and wish I had more of it. Dig it up and donate it to a friend. The heat kills off my ajuga when it is in the hot sun. I likes a little shade better. Please don't use herbicide.
We planted those under our big oak tree once before. YES, to remove, dig them up. They small thin roots that easily come up. During the summer they produce a beautiful purple bloom.
Offer it to friends free for the gentle diggin. I love it as free ground cover but don’t call it “weed” call it Adjugar. I also have Bishops weed which I love.
The question isn't getting rid of it, it's replacing it. Like Aruja, your "lawn" is a non-native weed. Aruja is better than a turf grass lawn, because once a year, in early spring, the purple blooms will be visited by bees. Your lawn is an ecological desert all year round. Also, you don't have to mow aruja.
However, if you are interested in luring birds and beneficial insects to your property, you would be better off digging out this aruja, and replacing it with shade-tolerant sedges or other native groundcover. Wildflower.org is a great resource.
Good luck, and remember that when you are landscaping, you should really take account of what your landscaping is giving to wildlife.
I have so many and need to get rid of them I live in nova scotia canada
Is it sticky and kinda fuzzy ? Anything like that get rid of it. Because it will stick to you and your animals fur. And some have little stickers poking out. Makes you feel like you got stung by a bee. Ouch !
Thanks for all your help I am going to move it its pretty