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Herbicide Product Portfolio To help you solve your toughest weed challenges, Bayer offers a flexible array of herbicide solutions. Count on Bayer herbicides to provide outstanding preemergence, postemergence and nonselective control of broadleaf and grassy weeds and sedges.

Preemergence Herbicides Specticle® FLO Specticle® G Ronstar® G Take control of the most troublesome weeds Up to 6 months of broad-spectrum weed control Effective control on landscape ornamentals // Longer-lasting residual saves time, fuel and labor costs // Can be applied to mulched areas and around ornamentals // One application controls weeds all season long // Broad-spectrum weed control – preemergence AND early postemergence // Protects against more than 90 grassy and broadleaf weeds and annual sedges // Offers an environment conducive to sprigging // No signal word required and low odor // Saves time, fuel and labor costs by reducing number of treatments needed to achieve // Doesn’t inhibit turf root growth or recovery from damage // Non-staining – overspray won’t turn sidewalks, foundations or clothing yellow optimal results // Doesn’t prevent roots from tacking down // Flexible application timing – 8-week preemergence window // Requires up to 40 times less active ingredient than current standards // Can be applied to both newly transplanted and established ornamentals // 40 times less active ingredient – the lowest use rates on the market // Convenient, non-staining, low-odor granular formulation // Mixable with postemergence herbicides Labeled Turf Type: Landscape beds Labeled Turf Types: St. Augustinegrass, Zoysiagrass, Bermudagrass, Centipedegrass, Bahiagrass

Postemergence Herbicides Celsius® WG Acclaim® Extra Herbicide Revolver® Tribute® Total Weeds will wish they never sprouted Controls crabgrass and goosegrass without harming desirable turf Works quickly – even faster in warmer temperatures Controls grassy weeds, broadleaf weeds and sedges // Broad spectrum control // Works in a single treatment // Postemergence control of cool-season grasses in warm-season turf // Eliminates need for multiple products // Formulated with three active ingredients // Weeds die in as fast as one week // Goosegrass control and dallisgrass suppression // Controls many annual and perennial grassy weeds, // Uses 25-75% less active ingredient than other current // Effective in a wide range of growth stages // Labeled for use on listed bermudagrass greens including dallisgrass postemergence herbicides // Water-based formulation simplifies handling // Apply as early as 7 days prior to overseeding // Effective control of sedges and kyllingas // Easy-to-use wettable granule formulation // Flexible timing and use Labeled Turf Types: Zoysiagrass, Bermudagrass // Controls 55 broadleaf weeds Labeled Turf Types: St. Augustinegrass, Zoysiagrass, Labeled Turf Types: Kentucky Bluegrass, Fescue, Primary Turf Types: Zoysiagrass, Bermudagrass Bermudagrass, Centipedegrass Perennial Ryegrass, Zoysiagrass

Nonselective Herbicide Specticle® Total Total control of weeds and grasses for up to 6 months // Fast knockdown of existing weeds and grasses with visible results in hours // Longer residual control, which means fewer applications and lower costs // Labeled for use near landscape trees and shrubs // Perfect for treating curbs, sidewalks, streets, parking lots, park paths and fence lines – even gravel and mulched areas

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Broadleaf Weeds Bayer Herbicide Product Solutions Warm Season Warm & Cool Season // Celsius® WG // Acclaim® Extra American Burnweed •• Annual Lespedeza •• Black Medic •• Carolina Geranium •• // Revolver® // Specticle® G // Robust summer annual // Freely-branched summer annual legume // Taprooted summer annual, also a winter // Winter annual or biennial // Ronstar® G // Specticle® Total annual or perennial // Spiraling, alternating, elliptic-to lance-shaped leaves // 3 oblong- to egg-shaped leaves with short // Greenish-pink to red, densely hairy stems // Specticle® FLO // Flowers late spring through fall spur at tips // Dark green leaves with three leaets on long // Round to oval, hairy leaves, with blunt-toothed petioles ® // Eastern, Central and Southern U.S. // Leaves have prominent midveins with parallel veins margins // Tribute Total // Throughout U.S., including HI Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, // PA, south to FL and west to TX and KS // Throughout U.S., including HI Tribute Total Celsius WG, Specticle Total Celsius WG, Specticle FLO (suppression), Celsius WG, Tribute Total Specticle G (suppression)

Cool Season Carpetweed •• Chickweed, Common •• Chickweed, Mouse-ear •• Clover, White •• // Prostrate summer annual // Mat-forming winter annual // Perennial // Low-growing perennial // Smooth, light green, spoon-shaped leaves // Short-lived perennial in temperate regions // Alternating, oblong leaves covered with hair // Creeping stems root at nodes // Tiny, white ower clusters of 2-5, mid-summer // Shiny green, alternating, egg-shaped leaves // White owers – 5 petals with notched ends // Compound leaves divided into 3 leaets Warm Season through early fall // Throughout U.S. // Throughout U.S. // Throughout U.S., including HI // Throughout U.S. Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, Celsius WG, Tribute Total, Specticle Total Celsius WG, Ronstar G, Tribute Total Specticle Total, Tribute Total Specticle Total, Tribute Total

Corn Speedwell •• Dandelion •• Dandelion, Cat’s-ear •• Dollarweed • Florida Pusley •• Lawn Burweed • // Low-growing winter annual // Deep taprooted, stemless perennial // Perennial // Perennial // Taprooted summer annual // Low-growing, freely-branched winter annual // Lower leaves – rounded with toothed margins // Single yellow ower at end of each hollow stem // Multiple yellow upright owers resemble // Shiny, bright green leaves // Alternating, oval-shaped leaves, slightly rough // Leaves alternate with sparse hair // Upper leaves – smaller and more linear // Flowers change to white puff balls containing Dandelions // Leaves are round with scalloped margins with hairy margins // Leaves are twice divided into narrow lobes // Throughout the U.S., excluding the Rocky seeds // Leaves are toothed and edges slightly pointed // Warm-season states like FL and TX // White, tubular, clustered owers at branch tips // Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions of Mountain region // Throughout U.S., including HI and AK // Eastern seaboard, west to MS Celsius WG, Tribute Total // Southeastern, Northeastern and Midwestern U.S. Southeastern U.S. states, west to TX Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, Celsius WG, Specticle Total Celsius WG Celsius WG, Ronstar G, Specticle FLO, Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, Specticle Total, Tribute Total Specticle G, Specticle Total, Tribute Total Tribute Total

Prostrate Knotweed •• Purple Cudweed •• Purslane, Common •• Spurge, Spotted •• Virginia Buttonweed •• Yellow Woodsorrel •• // Mat-forming, summer annual // Upright summer or winter annual // Prostrate, mat-forming summer annual // Taprooted summer annual // Mat-forming perennial herb // Summer annual in the north // Smooth, blue-green leaves, oblong- (cooler climates) // Spoon-shaped leaves rounded at tip, // Freely-branched, prostrate, mat-forming stems // Shiny, dark green leaves, elliptic- // Alternating, green to yellow-green leaves to linear-shaped // Also a biennial (warmer climates) narrowed at base // Also known as Prostrate Spurge to lance-shaped // Leaves divided into 3 heart-shaped, partly- // Flowers from late spring until frost // Spike-like owers bloom from Apr – Oct // Throughout U.S., common in Northwest, // Eastern U.S., west to ND and TX, // White tubular owers at each leaf axil folded lobes // Throughout U.S. // Throughout U.S. less so in Pacic Northwest and into CA & OR // Southeastern U.S., north to NJ, and // Eastern and Central U.S. Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G Celsius WG, Specticle FLO, Specticle G Celsius WG, Ronstar G, Specticle FLO, west to MO Celisus WG, Ronstar G, Specticle FLO (suppres- Tribute Total Specticle G, Specticle Total, Tribute Total Celsius WG, Ronstar G, Tribute Total sion), Specticle G (suppression), Tribute Total Grasses & Sedges

Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua) •• Carpetgrass • Clumpy Rye •• Crabgrass, Smooth •• Dallisgrass •• Doveweed • // Small, clumped, winter annual // Mat-forming perennial // Low-growing winter annual or perennial // Summer annual // Warm-season clumpy perennial // Summer annual, but germinates later // Smooth, yellow-green leaf blades with keeled // Smooth leaf blades w/rounded tips // Tufted, hairless grass without stolons // Clumping light green to bluish-colored plants // Tall, pointed, membranous ligule in the season or boat-shaped tips // Hairs on leaf base or rhizomes // Germinates in early spring // Flat, wide leaves with ne hairs // Narrow, lance-shaped leaves with short sheaths // Throughout U.S. in excessively wet, // Southeastern U.S. // Throughout U.S. including HI, Puerto Rico // Throughout U.S., except FL // Southeastern U.S., north to mid-Atlantic compacted soils & U.S. Virgin Islands // Leaf stems root at nodes Celsius WG, Ronstar G Acclaim Extra, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, |states & west to TN Revolver, Ronstar G, Specticle FLO, Specticle Revolver, Tribute Total Specticle Total, Tribute Total Celsius WG (suppression), Revolver // Southeastern U.S. G, Specticle Total, Tribute Total (suppression), Tribute Total Celsius WG, Revolver, Specticle FLO, Specticle G, Tribute Total

Goosegrass •• Green Kyllinga • Nutsedge, Purple •• Nutsedge, Yellow •• Rescuegrass • Thin Paspalum •• // Summer annual // Mat-forming perennial sedge // Erect perennial sedge // Erect, perennial sedge // Cool-season perennial bunchgrass // Warm-season perennial // Flattened stems radiating from white/gray center // Dark green leaves and stems, // Dark green, smooth, grass-like leaves with // Light green, smooth, grass-like leaves // Grows 2’-4’ high // Flat, hairy to almost smooth leaf blades // Smooth leaves folded in bud up to 6” in height rounded tips, arranged in sets of 3 with pointed tips, arranged in sets of 3 // Flat leaf blades, up to 1’ long // Throughout U.S., primarily along eastern // Temperate and warm regions of U.S. // 3 short leaves just below seedhead // Southeastern & Western States, CA, OR and // Can grow up to 3’ high // Southern U.S. corridor some Midwest & Mid-Atlantic states Acclaim Extra, Revolver, Ronstar G, Specticle // Southern U.S. // Throughout U.S. Celsius WG, Tribute Total Celsius WG, Tribute Total FLO, Specticle G, Specticle Total, Tribute Total Celsius WG, Tribute Total Tribute Total Tribute Total