My dad has this grassy weed in the lawn that he refers to as "wire muhly." The roots run horizontally, and it's overtaking his yard. He's had the lawn reseeded twice, and this keeps coming back. The ...

This is one time of the year that the perennial grassy weed, nimblewill stands out clearly in lawns. Nimblewill is a warm season perennial grass that remains dormant until temperatures are more ...

Nimblewill. You might not be familiar with the word, but we guarantee you’ve seen this ugly grass in the yard. This warm-season perennial grass is a brown straw like patch of grass that appears around ...

Question: I have seen nimblewill (Muhlenbergia schreberi) both promoted as a turf grass and disparaged as an invasive pest. Do you have an opinion on this grass and whether/where/how it should be used ...

Patches of my lawn die off every winter. What’s going on, and what can I do about it? Your photo (sent through our Web site) of a dense, light tan stand of dead blades appears to be the weed called ...

The grass will be growing again before you know it, so while you’re out there checking out what winter did to the landscape, do some lawn-readying by raking matted leaves and removing trash, fallen ...

It seems like lawns went from brown to green in no time! However, they don’t look all that great right now. Early spring when lawns begin to green up they tend to look quite straggly and rough.

Dear Dr. Dirt: I have discovered several patches of nimblewill in my lawn. I was told that the only way to get rid of it was to use Roundup, which I did in March. I have bluegrass ready to plant.