What the heck are these and how do I get rid of them?

[hjsullivan]

I have two types of weeds I've been battling in my garden area. I think one of them is some sort of violet? Not sure what the others are. Can you help me figure out what they really are and how to get rid of 'em?

kthanks!
H

 

[Nyboy]

1st photo is ground cover called by many names, around where I live vinca. Also called Periwinkle and Myrrtle

 

[ninnymary]

Yes, first one is vinca minor. I have it in the variegated form and love it! I guess to one man it's a flower, to another a weed.

Mary

 

[hjsullivan]

Yes, first one is vinca minor. I have it in the variegated form and love it! I guess to one man it's a flower, to another a weed.

Mary

Lol it's not terrible, but there's a lot of it. How do I get rid of some of it and contain the rest?

 

[ninnymary]

I would just pull it. I trim mine when it starts getting to much into the walkways.

Mary

 

[digitS']

Hi, HJSullivan .

I think your second plant might be feverfew.

How does a crushed leaf smell?

As you can know from that name, and the struggle I'm having with autocorrect on typing it , feverfew is an oldtime herbal medicine. If it really stinky, that might be what it is. Like many of these "medicines," the patients were probably afraid to stay sick and risk getting a second dose.

Steve

 

[ducks4you]

The first is vinca, and I say keep it. It fills in slowly and doesn't like ANY full sun.

The second looks very much like the leaves on a Columbine.

If you have a University Extension Office nearby, take a sample in and they can tell you.

 

[ducks4you]

I guess if you don't want them, you can dig them up and remove them and then put down some Preen to kill the rest of the seeds in the soil. Deep DEEP, though!

 

[so lucky]

I think ducks may have it right. The second pic looks like columbine starts to me, too. And I think I did see some wild violet in the first pic, in the lower right corner. I read that violets grow where the soil is acid. They are going crazy in my lawn right now. variegated and dark purple ones. They are lovely with the dandelions, lol.

 

[catjac1975]

I have two types of weeds I've been battling in my garden area. I think one of them is some sort of violet? Not sure what the others are. Can you help me figure out what they really are and how to get rid of 'em?

kthanks!
H

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The second is a prolific weed. Dig it up now before the roots get too big. We called them buttercups.