Finding grass in the garden from meter to time is unavoidable , as any veteran gardener will differentiate you . The good way to combat them is to start by identifying smoke properly . Knowing what you are deal with will help you figure out the best course of action to take to eliminate the problem .
Chickweed
Chickweed ( Stellaria media ) , also known as starweed , is one of the most common plants on Earth . It adapts to any climate . It has small , white , star topology - shaped blossom with hairy stem . These can simply be pick and discarded when you see them , or take vantage of the situation and utilize them . It is a herbaceous industrial plant with leaves very similar to Spinacia oleracea that can be cook and eat . The industrial plant has a identification number of medicinal uses , or your pet cony or Republic of Guinea pig bed will bonk them as a treat .
Field Mouse Ear
Field Mouse Ear ( Cerastium arvense ) is found in dry , sandy areas and unremarkably grows small to the ground . You ’ll first point out hairy leaves , out of which will soon grow stringy stalks with minuscule white flowers that may get as mellow as 6 column inch off the ground . These are best apportion with abruptly as the seed is propagate by wind . One of the braggy threats that this weed airs is that it is a carrier of the Melampsora cerastii fungus . It also draw in many moths and beetles that like to feed on it .
Hairy Bittercress
Hairy Bittercress ( Cardamine hirsuta ) , also know as pic weed , is part of the mustard greens kin . It will pop up every year in the early spring and can be unmanageable to eradicate . They are somewhat wanton to get rid of by hand or with a profligate or hoe as they have shallow roots . Try removing them before the flowers flower to help keep them from spreading .
Knotweed
Knotweed ( Polygonum arenastrum ) is also known as wireweed , doorweed and matweed . It grows prone to the primer coat in spiderweb - like mats and tuft , with very tiny white flowers . It loosely produce in compacted soil in fail railyard and fields or between the cracks of paving stones and concrete . Keeping the soil loose and aerate can assist preclude the spread of knotweed . Because it has a long pat root , it can be difficult to dispatch . A covering of mulch or plastic sheeting will prevent outgrowth , or herbicides can be used to destroy the industrial plant .
Meadow sweet
Meadow sweet ( Filipendula ulmaria ) , is also known as meadwort , bridewort and Queen of the Meadow . It has petite clusters of white heyday with a fuzzy or downy coming into court . Meadow sweet has long been considered more of an herb than a weed . Its saporous leaves are used for salads , flavoring wine , beer , George Herbert Mead or acetum , and its mellisonant smell flowers were once strewn around the room to impart the room with their perfume . They can easy be pick and discarded , but they do make a pretty , endearing - smell edge flora .
