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Saplings I.D please

Michael199Michael199 Posts: 175
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Hello everyone,
Busy time of the year in the garden.
I wonder if someone can help identify these, that have sprung up recently.
I planted Salvias last year, and I'm not sure if it's them?
Also, the neighbours were growing Raspberries last year, although these saplings have no sign of thorns on the stems.
I hope someone can shed some light on what they are, because I'm itching to pull them up if they're weeds?
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    There's a hint of raspberry there but absolutely no hint of a Salvia


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    They resemble raspberries to me , but my knowledge of fruit & veg. is rather limited .
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Paul B3 said:
    They resemble raspberries to me , but my knowledge of fruit & veg. is rather limited .
    Yes, mine as well, but I know a Salvia when I see one :smile:



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Michael199Michael199 Posts: 175
    Ooh, Salvias you say, nutcutlet?
    I'll leave them be then.
    I didn't expect the one growing by the concrete fence support...I didn't plant any there. They must have spread.
    Thankyou very much, nutcutlet....and thankyou PaulB3
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    no, I said absolutely no hint of a Salvia.
    I think probably raspberries, as did Paul, but neither of us know our fruit bushes well


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I have both raspberries and salvias in my garden  :D

    Those look like raspberries to me  :D

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Michael199Michael199 Posts: 175
    Oh dear.
    Are they difficult to get rid of?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Not Salvia, they could be plain old fashioned bramble, just very fresh.  Very raspberry like though.  Have you got raspberries in your garden? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Michael199Michael199 Posts: 175
    No, Lyn...I'd rather they grew in a different part of the garden, if at all, to be honest.

    Sorry, nutcutlet, I didn't notice the first response to this thread to begin with.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Raspberries spread by long horizontal roots, usually only 6 inches or so below the surface.  If you want to remove them, dig up the shoots and surrounding soil so you can trace then remove the horizonatal roots it they are probably attached to.  They can cross fairly long distances - I've had them appear 20ft or so away.  They tranplant well, so you could move the shoot and all the roots you find to a new area.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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