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Please Help Identify Weed or Keeper?

15 years ago

I have allowed this plant to grow because I didn't know what it was. I did like the foliage but now I'm not sure if I've just allowed a weed to get bigger than it should and it's going to reseed like crazy or what. Not sure if I did the link correctly or not.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?collid=817090759306&UV=343828258592_293279659306

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vicque
15 years ago
The first two are definitely a weed, though I don't know its name. I have done the same as you, let that plant grow into the large sprawling thing you have there in hopes that it was some sort of volunteer beauty, but no, it's not. It has flowers, but they are insignificant, and the plant, while not as unattractive as some, is just not anything you want in your flower bed. The good news is that it is not a particularly noxious weed. At least around here (Southern CA) it doesn't reproduce that wildly. Just pull it out.
The third photo looks like some kind of wild geranium; that is, a true geranium, not a pelargonium. At least around here, those are quite nice to have.
kalmia10
15 years ago
The first two shots look like kochia, a noxious weed in Washington State. I would recommend getting rid of it asap.
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Great, so it looks like Dimension should help prevent it and Dicamba should theoretically work for whatever manages to comes up. The Dimension should help fight the stilt grass as well. If too much emerges to pull, fenoxaprop (Bayer crab grass killer) should work. For anyone following along here are some other notes I found on Rutgers site: Do not mix fenoxaprop with the broadleaf weed herbicides, 2,4-D or MCPP, (or apply within 21 days following application of 2,4-D or MCPP or 5 days before 2,4-D or MCPP application. Treated turf should not be mowed within 24 hours of application to allow penetration and translocation into the grassy weeds. Fescues and ryegrass can be reseeded at any time following application of fenoxaprop. Reseeding of all other turf grasses should be delayed at least 21 days after application.
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duluthinbloomz4
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I'm sure the first two pictures are weeds.

The third is the perennial cranesbill geranium. Should have little pink flowers and kind of stretch out in all directions and creep along the ground. It's a vigorous self-seeder for me, but easy to pull up or trim back if it crops up in an inconvenient spot. Nice little plant to have, really; but would be nicer if it stayed in a mound.

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