Identify and Control Weeds in Lawns and Gardens

Grubs in lawn chew roots from late summer into fall. Here's how to confirm them with a dig test, the thresholds by species, the right month for each treatment, and what to do this fall.

Japanese stiltgrass is an invasive annual grass that comes up weeks before crabgrass. Here's how to identify it, when to apply pre-emergent, and which herbicides actually work in lawns.

Kudzu control works when you kill the root crowns, not the vines. Here is how to find them, which homeowner herbicides and rates to use, and a season-by-season plan to finish the job.

Japanese knotweed removal works best with late-season glyphosate or stem injection plus three seasons of follow-up. Here's how to identify it, choose a method, time it to the month and dispose of it...

English ivy shrugs off quick fixes. Here's how to get rid of English ivy on trees, walls and groundcover beds, which herbicides research supports, and the best time to act.

Poison ivy has three leaflets and hairy aerial roots; Virginia creeper has five leaflets and disc-tipped tendrils. Here's how to tell them apart in every season, what each does to skin and pets, and...