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Identify this plant - variegated

yarrow2yarrow2 Posts: 782
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Can anyone identify this plant for a friend.     



She has been told to 'get rid' as told it is invasive problem.  The plant on the right seems to have sent out a runner (?) to form the younger plant on the left.  But really not sure if they are the same plant.   Thank you.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    tree suckers, maybe a variegated Populus candicans



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    Goat willow? The distance photos look like it, the close up leaf I'm not so sure, but it's a pain.
  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    The problem with poplars is that if you cut down the main tree it can shock the plant into sending suckers in all directions. I have seen this dealt with in the Savill Garden, where they removed the main tree and then drilled holes in the stump every 2 inches around its circumference and inserted a pellet containing (I believe) a herbicide. This was taken down by the tree and absorbed by the suckers. I have a similar problem with Populus tremula in woodland and have tried and failed to find this method of poplar control.
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