As previously mentioned, the purple-blooming weeds like henbit and deadnettle are the most noticeable winter annuals. At first glance, these two weeds may be difficult to tell apart.

As previously mentioned, the purple-blooming weeds like henbit and deadnettle are the most noticeable winter annuals. At first glance, these two weeds may be difficult to tell apart.

If you decide to hand pull henbit and deadnettle, be sure to remove the entire plant, including roots, before they set seed. Regular mowing can also remove flowers, preventing seeds from maturing.

8. Henbit/ Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium spp.) These winter annuals look very similar and are members of the mint family, so they can spread rapidly.

Also known as Henbit Deadnettle, Greater Henbit or Common Henbit in literature, the common name of Henbit derives from the propensity of chickens to feed on the flowers and leaves of this plant.

Hager adds that preplant tillage or herbicides can provide good to excellent control of existing henbit and purple deadnettle. In general, 2,4-D and dicamba are weak on henbit.

Henbit is considered a winter annual, meaning it germinates in the fall and winter and actively grows in the spring. If you were wanting to keep your lawn free of winter annual weeds, you would ...

Burbrink also shares you might be seeing Purple Deadnettle’s cousin, Henbit. Both of the weeds have square stems, just like other plants in the mint family.

Most of them are European, they have been with humans for a long time, and they have nice Old World names: deadnettle, henbit, shepherd’s cress, storksbill, nailwort (a.k.a. Draba), cranesbill ...

This will prevent henbit and other winter annuals from germinating. Preemergence herbicides labeled for both henbit and chickweed include prodiamine (Barricade), dithiopyr (Dimension), isoxaben ...