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Plant ID please?

myclayjunglemyclayjungle Posts: 162
in Problem solving
This beetroot coloured, giant carrot like thing is regrowing.  I've dug out a few of the tap roots, and the regrowth is at the top- any ideas what it is? 
Coastal Suffolk/Essex Border- Clay soil

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It could be Black Bryony:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    my first thought was paeonia
    Devon.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited April 2021
    Could be @Hostafan1 , nearly added that myself.  Need to wait until the leaves unfurl.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • myclayjunglemyclayjungle Posts: 162
    Thanks for the thoughts.  The garden was previously overgrown for 15+yrs and cleared last year.  I vaguely recall large, beetroot coloured leaves , but nothing like the peony or black bryony pics I've seen.  I guess I need to be more patient and let it grow before working out if its a weed.
    Coastal Suffolk/Essex Border- Clay soil
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