Control Dalmatian Toadflax Organically

Step 1. Correctly identify your plant.

  • Perennial with creeping roots and snapdragon like flowers.

  • Leaves are waxy, bluish-green, egg-shaped and tapering to a point, bases clasp the stem.

  • Flowers are yellow, 1-2 inches long, the throat is often a darker yellow or orange

Step 2. Choose your method

  • Hand pull as needed during the growing season and re-seeding patches of bare ground with native grasses to prevent reinvasion.

  • For larger patches organic herbicides are effective when done in the spring or early summer when the waxy leaf surface is less developed.

Step 3. Repeat.

Dalmatian toadflax seed can remain viable in the soil for 10 years or more so continued monitoring and treatment is a must. 

·To learn more about the biology of Dalmatian toadflax visit the web page below.