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Identify please

jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434
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Hi all, this has popped up in garden but not sure what it is. Looks like some self sown tree. Is it a Willow? Thanks all.  :)

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Salix caprea?
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hostafan1 said:
    Salix caprea?
    Looks like it to me 

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





  • jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434
    Wow super fast reply. Thank you  :) Willow is what I thought so will get rid. 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    jaffacakes said:
    Wow super fast reply. Thank you  :) Willow is what I thought so will get rid. 
    Very wise, it'll be a tree before you know it. 
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @jaffacakes. Will you let us know how you get on digging it out 😀
    I dug a tiny one out yesterday no more than 5” tall, the root was a out 15”  long. If you leave a bit, it will come up again. 
    Im afraid I will be using weed killer on the big ones, as much as I hate. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434
    Thankfully, it came out quite easily for me. There isn't much soil around this area and was mainly concrete so looks like it couldn't grow much root where it seeded. Will keep and eye on the area in case i left some behind.
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