The violets here are worse than they've ever been, borh in my beds and in the lawn. As you know. I have a variety of weedy grasses that have invaded my beds. I don't know if I currently have any quack grass

Debra

The only wild violets I've spotted are in the lawn and not many. I guess the deer like to eat them..

Julia

Yes, my yard, especially the front yard, is filled with violets this year. Kinda pretty, but just encourages more.

It took me years to get the violets out of my garden. As you observed, it is only by pulling them. My understanding is that quack grass and bermuda grass are similar. I've got a couple of places where it tries to return no matter what I do.

My biggest complaint is like H Nancy, the nutsedge.

Nutsedge here too. I already had to pull a daylily when it invaded it's bed and I couldn't get rid of it without killing the daylily too..........I think we have violets in the lawn, but they are small and low to the ground. We don't do much to our lawn other then pre-emergent and obviously that doesn't get the sedge......We also have another sedge type grass called Kyllinga that's even harder to kill, but is more confined to swampy areas in the lawn.....Sorry Nancy, that doesn't help you much with your violet problem.....................Maryl

Well, the violets only bothered me because I was afraid they might choke the daylilies, but I guess they are more shallow rooted. Not like this grass. I thought I have nutsedge, but really not sure. It has been here and there for years, but never, knock on wood, been but 2 or 3 little clumps. I pull it up when I see it, but has not been a problem yet. I imagine it is some kind of sedge, but maybe a less ambitious seeder?

Have I mentioned Moles now? I have not seen actual moles, but their holes are everywhere, and twice as big as usual. My cats have been trying hard. They sit and watch the hole, but I really only have 1 that is good at catching them. She seems to be trying for them at the edge of the yard. I know they supposedly are after grubs, but I don't have many. I dug up a 14 x 12 ft bed digging out my daylilies to get rid of the grass. I found 5 or 6. I think they must eat earthworms too. I do have a lot of them..

Here in 5A I use Grass B Gone. It is a spray and has to be applied before the grass seeds. Once sprayed it takes up to two weeks to work. This is my third season using it in my gardens, it has worked wonderfully for me.

The first time I tried it I had a clump of daylilies that had as many grass blades as daylily leaves. I am happy to say that clump still has no grass growing in it three seasons later.

Sherry

Violets, Star of Bethlehem--both difficult to remove as the latter is deep rooted and the former grow next to the crowns and spread rapidly. Add purple dead nettle, which will pull fairly easily but is very spreading in habit.

I will try the grass killer, Sherry, thank you. I have heard that you can spray grass killer around daylilies and bearded iris, but been afraid to try.

I have those too, Mantis. I have started digging Star of Bethlehem, digging deep to get the clump. And putting dirt and all in the trash can. Like everything else, you have to keep at it. I have creeping Charlie too, another pita. It started at the back of the yard, I think from the neighbor's house. My husband always thought it was pretty with the purple flowers. (He thought that about the dead nettle too, if it is what I think it is). It has moved up close to the house and intruded into the flower beds, grrr. Maybe I should get rid of my daylilues, iris and peonies and cultivate these weeds. I bet they would die off then