Couch grass or twitch grass (Elymus repens) is an old enemy for many gardeners. Its wiry, underground stems and creeping shoots pop up around garden plants and before long can take over a bed.
African Couch Grass, African Couchgrass, Bluecouch, Fingergrass
Description
Genus Panicum ...
or couch grass, Old World perennial grass (Agropyron repens), now widely distributed and in the United States a troublesome weed.
blue couch, blue couch grass, blue serangoon grass, crabgrass, green serangoon grass, Qld blue couch, Queensland blue couch, Queensland bluecouch
Family ...
Perennial weeds such as couch grass, ground elder, bindweed and oxalis - these might not die during composting and can re-sprout after the compost is harvested.
Bermuda Grass
Common Names: Bahama Grass, Devil's Grass, Couch Grass, Wire Grass, Indian Doab
Genus: Cynodon
Species: dactylon
Parts Used: the stems and the leaves ...
The rhizomes have been used medicinally in Germany as a substitute for Sarsaparilla, in the same way that Couch Grass is here employed, having diuretic and sudorific properties.
Shrubs and climbers are always planted for years and often for permanency so the preparation of the ground should be thorough. In particular difficult weeds such as nettle, docks, ground elder, couch grass and bindweed should be removed, ...
Tagetes has also been found effective against perennial weeds such as Ranunculus ficaria (Celandine), Aegopodium podagraria (Ground elder), Glechoma hederacea (Ground ivy), Agropyron repens (Couch grass), Convolvulus arvensis (Field bindweed), ...
quackgrass, couch grass, creeping wild rye Elymus repens
Queen Anne's lace; wild carrot Daucus carota
queen-of-the meadow Filipendula ulmaria
quinine Cinchona pubescens
rabbit-foot clover Trifolium arvense
rabbitfoot grass Polypogon monspeliensis ...
 See also: Grass, May, Elder, Green, Grasses
  
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