Biennial & Perennial Weeds
WHITETOP or HOARY CRESS Cardaria draba Life Cycle: Perennial Plant Description: A creeping perennial mustard that reproduces by seed and creeping roots. Grows erect up to 2 to 3 feet tall. Somewhat flat-topped clusters of white flowers giving plant a white, flat-topped appearance. Lower leaves are blue- green and lance shaped, and upper per acre. Apply early in the spring to actively growing rosettes or to regrowth before the bud stage. Treatment after bloom is generally less effective. The addition of 2,4-D amine at 2 pints per acre is recommended. Treatment can also be made to fall regrowth before the first killing frost. leaves have two lobes clasping the stem. Plants die back to the roots in summer. Treatment: Apply 3.3 ounces of Chaparral ™ herbicide
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