Moss

Growth of moss is usually associated with poor drainage, shade, low nutrient level and/or acidic soil.

Path Weeds

Path weeds are grasses, broad leaf weeds, mosses, liverworts and lichens growing on paths, drives or other hard ...

Lichen

Lichens grow on hard surfaces such as trees, paths, drives and rocks. They are not plants but are symbiotic comb...

Bitter Cress

Bitter cress is a common weed in waste places, flowerbeds and lawns.

Cleavers

Cleavers is a common annual weed found in gardens. The leaves, stems and fruit 'stick' to clothing.

Angelica

Angelica is sometimes known as wild celery. It is a weeds of waste places and near coasts.

Club Moss

Small carpet forming groundcover weed that thrives in damp areas.

Broadleaf Weeds

Broadleaf weeds are weeds with leaves that have branched veins.

Mullein

Mulleins are a group of annual or biennial weeds often found in stony and waste areas.

Spurrey

Spurrey and sand spurrey are common weeds of gardens and waste places, particularly in sandy locations.

Suckling Clover

Suckling clover is a common weed in lawns, flowerbeds and other places in the garden.

Grassy weeds

Grassy weeds are grasses growing unwanted in areas such as garden beds or driveways and course grasses in fine l...

Parsley Piert

Parsley piert is a winter growing annual weed of waste places and lawns.

Twin Cress

Twin Cress and similar species catsear, hawksbeard, dandelion, hawkbit and oxtongue, are common weeds of New Zea...

Buck's Horn Plantain

Buck's Horn Plantain is a common weed throughout New Zealand. Found in sandy, muddy and rocky locations near the...

Hawkbit

Hawkbit, and similar species catsear, dandelion, hawksbeard and oxtongue, are common weeds of New Zealand garden...

Lichen Marks

Kill and remove lichen from outdoor surfaces such as driveways, paths, walls and stone.

Hieracium Hawkweed

Hieracium Hawkweed is a common clump forming weed found in lawns, flowerbeds and waste places.

Vetch

Common weed of gardens, grassland and waste places throughout New Zealand.

Speedwell

Speedwells are common garden and waste area annual weeds.

Geranium Weed

Weeds of the Geranium family include storksbill, cut-leaved geranium, herb robert and others. They are common we...

Pearlwort

Pearwort and procumbent pearlwort are common weeds of lawns, paths and wast places.

Galinsoga

Galinsoga is a common weed in waste places and flowerbeds.

Clover

Clovers are very common creeping weeds found in lawns and garden beds.

Hawksbeard

Hawksbeard, and similar species catsear, dandelion, hawkbit and oxtongue, are common weeds of New Zealand garden...

Carrot Weed

Carrot weed and parsley dropwort are common weeds in waste places, roadsides and lawns.

Redroot Pigweed Amaranth

Redroot is a common weed in gardens, roadsides, agriculture and waste areas. Also known as Pigweed or Amaranth.

Wild Mint

Weeds of the mint family are scented, low growing, sprawling plants that include aluminium plant, pennyroyal, le...

Vipers Bugloss

Viper's Bugloss and other weeds in the forget-me-not family are annual or biennials, common in garden flowerbeds...

Moss on Surfaces

Kill and remove moss from outdoor surfaces such as driveways, paths, walls and stone.

Polygonum

Polygonum (Dock family) is a genus of many weeds including knotweed, willow weed, wireweed, sheep's sorrel, dock...

Annual Poa

Annual meadow grass (Poa annua) is a common weedy grass in New Zealand gardens and lawns.

Crocosmia

Crocosmia (montbretia) was originally a garden plant but has become a weed in many areas. It has grass like leav...

Nostoc

Nostoc is a colonial cyanobacteria (blue-green alga) slime which swells up into a jelly like mass when wet.

Hydrocotyle

Hydrocotyle is a creeping weed commonly found in lawns throughout New Zealand.

Forget-me-not

The forget-me-not family of weeds are annual or biennials, common in garden flowerbeds, roadsides, waste places ...

Foxglove

Sometimes grown in gardens for their attractive flowers, foxgloves can also become a weed. All parts of the foxg...

Velvetleaf

MPI is investigating the appearance of the pest weed velvetleaf in fodder beet crops on a number of properties n...

Storksbill

Storkbill is a common rosette weed in lawns, flowerbeds, waste areas and paths.

Toadflax

Ivy-leaved toadflax is a garden escapee weed. It is common in shady banks, walls, rocks and paths.

Valerian

Valerian is a perrenial weed often found growing in walls, banks and cliffs.

Liverwort

Liverworts are flat green plants with no stem and a simple thallus (flat leaf-like structure) they are like a fl...

Fumitory

Fumitory is a scrambling and climbing annual weed common in gardens, roadsides and waste areas.

Groundsel

Groundsel is a very common garden weed. It is short lived but will grow, flower and seed within a few weeks of g...

Thistle

Thistles are prickly leaved weeds that will grow in lawns and waste areas of gardens.

Potato

Potatoes are not usually described as weeds but they can be weedy, particularly where potato tubers are discarde...

Medick

Medick is a group of weeds including Black Medick, Bur Medick and Spotted Bur Medick. These are common weeds in ...

Loosestrife

Loosestife is a common weed of damp places, roadsides and waste areas.

Algae

Get rid of the slimy, green growth of algae on outdoor surfaces.

Yarrow

Yarrow is a common weed of pastures, roadsides, gardens and waste places. It has feathery much brached leaves an...

Sorrel

Sorrel is a low growing rosette like weed that sends up shoots with flowers heads of green that turn yellow and ...

Tarweed

Tarweed, a member of the broomrape family, is a common weed of clay ground and waste places.

Purslane

Purslane is a common weed of waste places, flowerbeds, paths and other places throughout New Zealand.

Fathen

Fathen (or fat hen) is a common weed in gardens, roadsides, agriculture and waste areas. Fathen is toxic to both...

Liverwort Marks

Kill and remove liverwort from outdoor surfaces such as paths, driveways and walls.