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Odd plant

Pauline-19Pauline-19 Posts: 11
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Can someone tell me what this tall plant is that has grown in a seed mix?

The tall stalky thing nearest the wall, I’ve never seen this before.

Should I pull it out? 


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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Looks like a type of bamboo.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Looks like a bamboo to me.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Pauline-19Pauline-19 Posts: 11
    Thanks I did wonder if it was. Odd to get that in a flowering seed mix.
    Should I pull them out?
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Are you sure it isn't creeping in from somewhere else? As you say it would be odd to include an invasive plant in a seed mix. I'd rip it out and try and get as much root out with it as you can.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
    edited September 2018
    Invasive bamboo species can send out feeder roots many, many feet away from the parent plant, meaning you can easily find new plants popping up just about anywhere. They're a pain in the **** from personal experience and unless you want it to take over, then definitely uproot with as much root system as you can find.
    Coukd very well be coming from a neighbour's garden, so be vigilant!
  • karen paulkaren paul Posts: 230
    Looks like some sort of reedy grass to me, I've had something the same or similar growing in my borders and pulled it out.
  • karen paulkaren paul Posts: 230
    Check out arundo grass (giant reed) looks like a similar type of thing I've seen growing at the edge of local ponds. Too many types of grasses to identify it though. Was it a wildflower meadow mix you sowed?
  • Pauline-19Pauline-19 Posts: 11
    Hi thanks to everyone for their comments and advice.
    Have dug up the ? Bamboo and safely contained it in a pot!

    I have a lot of bird feeders in the garden so the seed could possibly have come from that source.




  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Nicely done.   Let us know if there are any changes such as flowers appearing so we can try and identify it further. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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