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Professional products (The user requires the appropriate certificate/s to apply these products) Selective weed killers recommended for the control of creeping buttercup Selective weed killers are more effective during periods of strong growth. Always try and keep chemical use to a minimum. If the weeds are few in number, consider using a spot weeder and just treat the individual plants. Hand weeding can prove effective if the infestation is not too severe, take care to remove the whole plant including the roots and runners.Ĭreeping buttercup is easily controlled with a single treatment of selective weedkiller.

Raking the weed into an upright position prior to mowing will help weaken the weed. Promote healthy turf with good turf care practices, such as applying adequate nutrition and carrying out regular scarification & top dressing etc.Īs creeping buttercup is often an indication of poor drainage, practices, such as regular aeration that promote a dry turf surface will help prevent the weed invading. Prevention and control of creeping buttercup

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More images and free downloads of Creeping Buttercup Roots: This weed has fibrous roots (see image below)Ĭreeping Buttercup Images (click image to enlarge).The main flowering period of creeping buttercup is between May and August. On the underneath side of the petals are 5 green sepals (green floral leaves) that are somewhat shorter than the petals. Each flower consists of between 5 – 7 glossy yellow petals.

Measuring 20mm – 30mm across they are borne singular or in clusters on long, hairy stalks.

Flowers: The golden yellow flowers are typical of most buttercups.

The measure anything from 15mm – 80mm in length. The basal leaves are divided into three segments (leaflets), each segment being deeply cut or lobed. They are dark green, sometimes with pale or dark flecks and are under close inspection covered in fine hairs.

Leaves: The leaves are borne on long, hairy stalks ranging from 15mm – 250mm in length.

Creeping buttercup can also reproduce from seed. If left undisturbed it can grow to a height of 50cm.Īs its name suggests this invasive weed spreads by stolons (overground runners), rooting at nodes with a deep fibrous root system. It is an invasive weed and can quickly colonise areas of turf. It is particularly troublesome in mown turf as it forms as a low growing rosette that can withstand a low cutting height. It is rare to find it on dry, free draining sites. A presence of creeping buttercup is often a good indicator of the aforementioned symptoms and remedial action needs to be taken to improve the drainage. It prefers heavy wet soils that often suffer from prolonged wetness and water logging.

It is an easy weed to recognise with its lovely golden yellow flowers that can add an array of colour if the infestation is widespread. Creeping buttercup is perennial weed and the most common of the buttercups found in turf.