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Identify mystery plant of concern...

Jo NewtonJo Newton Posts: 4
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Hi there. I'm hoping someone can help identify this plant, that is growing amongst some kind of bamboo. This is my first year in a new house so I'm ignorantly inheriting both! Little concerned, as it seems to have multiple shoots out the ground, that it might be taking over underground?... Thank you in advance!

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' very popular but I don't like those sick looking leaves. It suckers and pops up anywhere


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Looks like Rhus typhina , or Stag's Horn Sumach ; can spread rather rapidly by root-suckers .
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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Duh.......Of course it is ; (long day at work)!!
  • Jo NewtonJo Newton Posts: 4
    Thank you all. Google images strongly support the sorbaria suggestion!
    I find the leaves quite attractive, hence letting it do its thing for a bit, but it's grown quite fast already! Will investigate control methods!
    Thank you!

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It will produce fluffy white flower heads which are quite pretty.

    They do run like mad when happy but the suckers are quite easy to dig out and pull up if the ground is soft after rain.
    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
  • Jo NewtonJo Newton Posts: 4
    Well Obelixx that is some good news!
    Thank you.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Freddies Dad said:
    I agree with Sorbaria sorbifolia but suggest that the ‘sick leaves’ are perfectly normal for emerging leaves. 

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    I know the leaves are normal but in this case normal looks sick to me. I put mine through the shredder


    In the sticks near Peterborough
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