Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans) is more common on grassy areas such as low maintenance lawns, road verges and hedge banks than on well managed fine turf. It is a perennial plant and can be very invasive as it spreads quickly by way of creeping stems, which root at intervals.The leaves are very similar in appearance to Strawberry leaves. Home Security Systems in Granada Hills, CA . Each Creeping Cinquefoil leaves have five leaflets with sharply toothed edges. The leaves are also similar to those of Silver weed which comes from the same family of plants.The yellow flowers are generally seen from June to October. Denver Plumbers . Each flower has 5 heart shaped petals. Karla M Grosse . Creeping Cinquefoil prefers grassy areas that receive little or no maintenance.Hand weeding may prove successful for a few plants if the weed hasnt spread very far. Raking this weed into an upright position prior to mowing will severely weaken and remove fragments the weed.Chemical control is very rarely needed for Creeping Cinquefoil as it can be discouraged and eliminated with good maintenance practices. On the rare occasion they are needed choose a selective weed killer that contains either dicamba or mecoprop-p or fluroxypyr. A repeat application will almost certainly be needed as this weed can be quite stubborn to control with chemicals.Please click to enlarge the Creeping Cinquefoil image below
Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
April 28th, 2011 by jess2007 Leave a reply »
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