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Unknown rapid growing exotic plant
Hello,
I am new to this forum so please excuse me if I am posting this sort of query in the wrong place....
I would like some help identifying an unknown type of plant that is growing in a garden of a property I recently moved into.
The stem is very fast growing, approx. 30cm in the last week, I discovered a number of shoots and it seems to have a root structure that has grown horizontally just under the surface of the soil with a few shoot starting of it. I would like to remove completely but before doing so, and given the rapid growth rate, just thought I would check to see if I am opening up more issues by simply digging out. Could I just exasperate the problem?
Any help appreciated, thanks.
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I reckon it's one of these and very happy in your garden. I never got one to last more than one season in my old garden and it's too dry to try here.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/6115/Dracunculus-vulgaris/Details
Looks like bamboo to me, not sure which one but it can be very invasive.
Thanks both.
There is another type of bamboo in the garden that is clearly identifiable and well established which I already know I will have an ongoing battle with. This one is distinctly different to that bamboo, but could be another variety. Having googled the Dracunculus vulgaris I think the young shoots I have are different.
Steephill, do you have any experience with bamboo?
Do bamboos have spotty stems? Could be tho so good luck sorting those out.
Not sure if bamboo have spotty stems. This growth is not spotty like the Dragon Arum you kindly shared.
Dracaena, here's a google pic of the shoots. You can see along the stem of yours where other leaves may come, or may have gone
I have a ginger lily . Shoots are just like your photo.
What is the texture of these shoot, hard or soft?
It's not Dracunculus vulgaris but could be some sort of aroid.
If it was bamboo I would expect to find evidence of old stems cut down. Are there are hard stumpy ends around it?
In the sticks near Peterborough
nutcutlet, - No hard stumps near these shoots that I can see. The texture is very soft and are easily snapped, I did so inadvertently when trying to clean the soil to expose the roots.
Thanks Ruby12
If it's an aroid it will open up and declare itself very soon
In the sticks near Peterborough