Always read and follow the product label before using herbicides in lawns, gardens, and landscapes!
It is the applicator’s responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current label directions for the herbicide being used. The label always takes precedence over the recommendations found in this publication.
Effectiveness can vary due to weed species, timing, temperature, weed health/vigor, etc.
Adding a surfactant to the herbicide increases effectiveness, especially against weeds with glossy leaves
Using a weed wiper can be helpful when controlling weeds around desirable plants.*
| Type of Weed | Herbicide Ingredient(s) & Product Examples** |
|---|---|
|
Woody trees/shrubs/vines & perennials with storage tubers, roots, and/or rhizomes (examples: greenbrier, blackberry, poison ivy, tree seedlings, peppervine) |
triclopyr Bio Advanced Brush Killer Plus Concentrate; Hi-Yield Triclopyr Ester; Bonide Stump & Vine Killer; Monterey Brush & Vine Control; Martins Triclopyr 4; Fertilome Brush & Stump Killer or Cut Vine & Stump Killer Cut stump*** or basal stem applications usually work best for controlling woody weeds, especially around desirable plants. |
|
Grasses (examples: bermudagrass, crabgrass, annual bluegrass, sandbur, dallisgrass, johnsongrass, torpedograss) |
fluazifop-butyl Ornamec; Fertilome Over-the-Top Grass Killer; Ortho Grass B Gon sethoxydim Poast; Bonide Grass Beater; Hi-Yield Grass Killer; GrassGetter |
|
Broadleaf weeds (examples: dichondra, dollarweed, burweed, chickweed, slender aster, Virginia buttonweed, spurge, dandelion) Not all broadleaf weed control products are effective against all broadleaf weeds. |
Trimec and other multi-ingredient herbicides for post-emergence broadleaf weed control Bonide Weed Beater Ultra; Fertilome Weed Free Zone; Ace Lawn Weed Killer; Spectracide Weed Stop for Lawns; Southern Weed Killer for Lawns; Ortho Weed B Gon Lawn Weed Killer; Celsius |
|
Grasses and broadleaf weeds (examples: see Grasses and Broadleaf weeds above) |
glufosinate Finale; Bio-Advanced Weed & Grass Killer glyphosate Eraser; Hi-Yield Killzall; Monterey Remuda; Ace Concentrated Weed & Grass KillerNOTE: “Roundup” sold in retail outlets for home and garden use NO LONGER CONTAINS GLYPHOSATE. |
| Wild onion & wild garlic |
Imazaquin Image Kills Nutsedge dicamba, iodosulfuron, thiencarbazone Celsius |
|
Nutsedges (examples: yellow and purple types) |
halosulfuron-methyl Sedgehammer Plus; Hi-Yield Nutsedge & Horsetail Control |
* For instructions on building a weed wiper visit: http://gardeningwithskip.com/weed-wiper
** Mention of herbicide ingredients and/or trade names does not imply recommendation or endorsement.
*** Visit: https://gardeningwithskip.com/controlling-woody-weeds-in-the-landscape-garden/
