jaymatt wrote:
I can't tell you the name of that purplish-blue plant, but I do know that it's a noxious weed that, if left uncontrolled, will soon spread into your yard and smother out your grass. It takes chemical to get rid of it--mowing or cultivating won't help. I'd suggest you do it soon or you'll have no yard at all, just those weeds.
Speaking from experience, John.
I know what the purple flower is - it is henbit (I named if wrong in my earlier post - henbane is a different pest.) It is an annual that germinates in the late fall and then grows and blooms very early in the spring.
What you are talking about is probably ground ivy which a lot of people call creeping charlie. It is a perennial and spreads like mad. I've got that problem in my strawberry patch.