Overgrown shrubs, perennials or annuals can damage your turf if not kept in check.
Letting your landscape grow over the side of your beds will smother your turf, and will kill your turf if not removed.
We see this a lot with plants like lantana and sweet potato vine that can grow and spread very quickly in one season.
This is why many landscapes have bare dirt right along the edges of the landscape. Shrubs, perennials or annuals have simply robbed the grass of what it needs to survive.
Its as simple as paying attention to your landscape edges and keeping your plants trimmed up as needed.
