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I've recently moved to a house near Decatur, GA and I have a couple of question about my yard. First, there's an odd broadleaf plant that's infesting the lawn. It looks a little like dollar leaf, but not exactly, so I'm wondering if someone can ID it and tell me what works to kill it, but not the grass? http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ps3bb5c9db.jpg
My second question is a bit more broad, but what is a good type of grass to use? The yard is a mix of shade and sun, with more than half being "shady" most of the day. I've thought about Zoysia, I had decent luck with it back in Conyers in Georgia red clay (UGH!) but I've also read that it's not so great for shadier areas. For which ever ground cover I ultimately choose, is sod or seed better? I'm not really looking to replace whatever grass is there now so much as I want to overseed with the new, but I do have a couple of isolated, bare areas where sod could work.
Wild violets and they will take over your yard. At least they took over mine when I lived in Tucker. Sorry I can't help on what to do about them - I didn't do anything to stop them from taking over.
Yep, the violets look like it. They look hard to control too. I guess my best option is to dig up the biggest clumps, and overseed in the spring and fall.
Sorry I can't help on what to do about them - I didn't do anything to stop them from taking over.
Just make peace with them. They look decent and require zero effort to maintain. Think of what you can do with all the money with the water, fertilizer and herbicide you no longer have to buy. Is your 401k fully funded? If not, you shouldn't even be thinking about battling these.
Oh my goodness I love wild violets so much. It hurts me to think of you killing them. Give them until springtime and see the amazing little things show out! They will compliment your daffodils and tulips.
Wild violets are thugs in the garden and you should get rid of them. Pulling is frustrating and isn't a longterm solution. You need to bite the bullet and use an herbicide that is rated for killing wild violets. Check the labels for that, because my turfgrass professor told us this is the most difficult weed to eradicate in the lawn or garden.
If you want something to compliment your spring flowering bulbs, plant some grape hyacinths.
Oh my goodness I love wild violets so much. It hurts me to think of you killing them. Give them until springtime and see the amazing little things show out! They will compliment your daffodils and tulips.
DITTO! In the lawn they are LOVELY. In a garden bed...not so much. Not only are they edible, and native, but wild violets are Host Plants for the the great spangled fritillary butterfly according to this link: Wild Violet - Viola sororia
This explains why I have these butterflies all over my yard in summer. Honestly seeing the carpet of blue flowers in my backyard is one of the joys of spring.
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