Thread: How do I get rid of the little white and purple flowers that taking over my lawn?

Our front lawn is being taken over by these tiny little white and purple flowers. They are not clover or morning glories, rather their petals look like tiny daisy petals. When we mowed they came back with a vengeance! Help!

why do you want to get rid of them; sounds pretty !

There are broadleaf herbicides that should kil the weed and leave the grass. Look for them at the local homestore.

"They came back with a vengence" it was because the terminal bud was removed, causing auxilliary buds to sprout making a fuller plant. Could it be henbit? (see link) a great medicinal for cuts, bruises, and scrapes.

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They only last a couple of months then die back. Very easy to pull. Or eradicate with weed and feed.

It sounds like an aster, leave them be or if you must get rid of them pour boiling hot water or vinegar on them instead of chemicals

Hi; important question; do they only bloom in spring? then they are probably anemone blanda, which is a bulb and doesn;t hurt the lawn, since they go dormant in summer. If they bloom all summer too, it's something else.

I'm just curious; why do you want to get rid of them; they sound charming! Are they harming the lawn? You could try taking the leaf and flower to your county extension agent or master gardener,and getting the plant identified; then you'd know what you are dealing with, if it's a noxious weed, and how better to get rid of it, if that's what you choose to do.