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weedkiller at the leaves. A selective lawn weedkiller or a lawn feed and weed product can be used on dandelions growing in lawns.established flowerbeds, cracks in paving, garden walls, lawnsspring, summer, autumnMore common problems affecting lawns

soil, cracks in paving, lawns, borders edging lawnsall year roundMore advice on removing weedsCreeping buttercupFat henShepherd's purseVinca or periwinkle

in from surrounding gardens, fields and waste ground.A bushy weed that bears small yellow flowers and fluffy seedheads. Its leaves often have orange-brown pustules of rust fungus in summer and autumn, which can spread to cultivated plants. Pull out young

Yellow sorrel, Oxalis corniculata, is a low, creeping weed that will happily grow anywhere - it's as happy in the bone-dry cracks in paving as it is in the damp garden and around the tops of containers. Although small, it's tricky to pull out

.established flowerbeds, freshly dug soil, cracks in paving, lawnsspring, summer, autumnMore advice on removing weedsWillowherbDockCouch grassValerian

Shepherd's purse is a quick-growing, short-lived weed. One plant is able to produce hundreds of seeds which compound the problem. Its lifecycle is approximately three to four weeks from germination to setting seed. It can be introduced

and restrict their growth. Willowherb will take over any domestic garden, spreading by seed and tough underground roots to form dense clumps. Keep digging the plants out. Willowherb can be forked out fairly easily - especially when the soil is loosened after

large clumps of foliage, obscuring and smothering small plants. Seed is produced following the cream-white trumpet flowers, which also allows this weed to spread.This climbing, twining perennial dies down in winter but grows rapidly in spring and summer

. The weed may be introduced as seed, seedlings or as plants in compost when buying new plants from nurseries or garden centres. It may also spread from neighbouring gardens or remain dormant at depth in the soil to be brought to the surface by cultivation

Mind-your-own-business, Soleirolia soleirolii, is a creeping perennial with tiny flowers and leaves. The branching stems root as they spread, forming a dense mat of foliage that few plants can grow through. The plant will soon take hold on any soil