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Plant ID please

sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
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Hello!

Could someone be kind enough to identify the plant in the photo.

It has been there for a couple of years, since I moved in, haven’t touched it, and it is sprawling out around a crab apple tree.

To be honest I don’t really like it, it’s not really the style of planting I like, but it’s there at the moment because it’s green (although lots of dead bits too) and stops weeds coming up 😑

Thank you!

 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Carex pendula ... it selfseeds all over the place and can be a real problem as the roots are really difficult to get out. 
    I’d get it out now before it becomes nigh on impossible. 

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





  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Carex pendula, probably dropped by a bird. I would dig it out ASAP, you might need to put some effort in, it's tough stuff  :)
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    Thank you!

    It’s going to be difficult as it’s literally around the trunk of the tree 😑 but it’s got to be done...
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    Can anyone tell me - is the following a ‘seedling’ of said great grandmother?

    I had been waiting to see if that ‘bud’ would open, but I was slightly suspicious as the leaves looked very grassy...




  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    And if it is, how do you recognise a seedling that’s v small? If it just looks like grass?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think that one's one of the smaller kinds of iris (Iris sibirica, maybe). I think you can afford to wait until the first bud opens.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    Oh! Thank you! 🌷
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Yes, l don't think it's an offspring,  it doesn't have the ridged leaves of the carex  :)
  • sabeehasabeeha Posts: 344
    Ah, thank you  :) I didn’t notice 😶


  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Definitely iris Sibirica
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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