What is the best weed killer for those odd purple flowered weeds?

Now that all depends on if your talking about in your turf area or just the bed areas with no danger of harming the grass. You "don't" want to use "Weed B Gone" if you have a "warm season" grass or it will kill it too. If you are talking about in the lawn and you have a warm season grass, you can only use Ortho's "Weed B Gone" for "southern lawns". The original formula is not made for warm season turf. If you have a "cool" season turf then it is ok to use the original Weed B Gone. If you are talking about in the bed areas "only", you can use "roundup" and it will do the trick. One application of either of the three will take care of the existing problem until the next wave of weeds begin to germinate, at which time you can do it all over again. Hope this answers your question...





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...$Billy Ray$

What is the best weed killer for those odd purple flowered weeds?
If you are talking about the short purple flowering plants that grow all over the yard this time of year, they soon die out when the weather warms. The "weed" is called henbit.


Any weed killer will kill it. I just enjoy it while it is so pretty.


You can also easily pull it out or rake it out of a yard since it is so poorly rooted.
Reply:I am assuming those odd purple flowered weeds you so much want to kill is Milk Thistle. Milk Thistle is a plant used for liver problems. If you must kill them I suggest you at least harvest them for their medicinal purposes.
Reply:Do not use Round-Up if these weeds are located in your lawn. (Round-up kills grass) Use Weed-B-Gone. Spray weeds with Weed-B-Gone when target weeds are dry and temperature is warm (50 or so). Weed-B-Gone will kill weed as well as destroy the weed root system so it will not regenerate. Purple flowers are more than likely Henbit, but could be Speedwell or African Violet. (Weed-B-Gone kills all 3). It may take 2 or 3 applications to completely remove all of weeds depending on the number of weeds you have.





To further clarify:


If using on grass, determine the type of grass you have: Weed-B-Gone is safe on most common "warm season" grasses like Bermudagrass, Zoysiagrass and Buffalograss. However if you have St. Augstinegrass, which is also a common warm season grass, it will kill it. Any other specific questions, consult the label on the bottle; in most cases for spot applications this stuff works great.





Billy Rae's statement is not complete, surprising for someone with 25 years experience in landscaping and a pesticide license.
Reply:Round up, is really good
Reply:Round up! Those are all over our yard and that's what we use.
Reply:Sounds like ground ivy( creeping charly) to me either use round up or weed be gone but you need to spray when they are in flower for best results hope this helps.