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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.

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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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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    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

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  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841

    Looks like bamboo to me, not sure which one but it can be very invasive.

  • Chr1sChr1s Posts: 5

    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?

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    Do bamboos have spotty stems?   Could be tho so good luck sorting those out.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Chr1sChr1s Posts: 5

    Not sure if bamboo have spotty stems. This growth is not spotty like the Dragon Arum you kindly shared.

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    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 

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    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Ruby12Ruby12 Posts: 2,193

    I have a ginger lily . Shoots are just like  your photo.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    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
  • Chr1sChr1s Posts: 5

    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

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    If it's an aroid it will open up and declare itself very soon



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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