Weeds
Learn about common lawn weeds and how to overcome them.
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Cape Daisy
Cape Daisy (Arctotheca calendula) is also known as Cape Weed. As depicted in the photograph above, it has short thick
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Chickweed
Chickweed (Stellaria media) and mouse eared chickweed (Ceratium glomeratum) are part of a number of different types of weeds that are referred
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Couch grass
Couchgrass (Cynodon dactylon) is a warm season creeping grass that is sometimes referred to as twitch or Indian doab.
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Creeping Oxalis
Creeping oxalis (Oxalis exilis) is a member of the Oxalidaceae that is a native of New Zealand.
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Creeping Speedwell
Creeping speedwell (Veronica filformis) is one of four similar forms of veronica that occurs as weeds in lawns.
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Daisy
The common daisy (Bellis perennis) is a troublesome weed which is easily identified by the characteristic white flower
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Dock
Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a relatively common tap-rooted weed that in found throughout New Zealand, however because of its size it
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Hawksbeard
Many lawns become yellow over summer due to mass of yellow flowers appearing from weeds commonly referred to as dandelions.
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Hydrocotle
Hydrocotyle ( including H.americana, H. heteromeria, H. novae-zeelandiae, H.mochata) is also known as Pennywort.
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Onehunga
Onehunga weed (Solvia sessilis) is named after the suburb in Auckland where it was first found, though it actually originates from
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Paspalum
Paspalum (Paspalum dilatatum) is a perennial grass weed that causes problems on lawns throughout the North Island of New Zealand.
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Pearlwort
Pearlwort (Sagina procumbens) is more accurately called procumbent pearlwort.
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Poa annua
Poa annua is an annual grass weed from the large Poa family that tends to act as an annual grass
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Speedwell
There are four types of speedwell all from the Veronica family.
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Summer grass
Summergrass is a term used to describe a range of annual subtropical annual weeds the seeds of which are endemic in
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Twin Cress
Twin cress (Coronopus didymus) and a similar species called wart cress (Coronopus squamatus) are common broadleaf weeds in new turf.
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White Clover
White Clover (Trifolium repens) is a native of Europe and is common in pastures, roadsides, wasteland and lawns throughout New Zealand.
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Yarrow
Yarrow belongs to the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, and in the vegetative state resembles a number of other turf weeds from this family.
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Diseases
Learn about common lawn diseases and how to overcome them.
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Insects
Learn about common lawn insects and how to overcome them.
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