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kerria

catherine172catherine172 Posts: 67
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Hi - many years ago I planted a kerria in the shared garden of the flats that I live in.  

It thrived (?throve?) - and I used to love it getting going round now - until a few years ago somebody removed it (sadly from my point of view).

It was by a building wall, and I wondered if anyone might have good reason to object to it eg because of its roots doing damage?
thanks,
Catherine.
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  • robairdmacraignilrobairdmacraignil Posts: 782
    I have read comments about it being a bit too vigorous and spreading for some people. If it became a large thicket and the soil was high in clay then it may have caused the soil to shift to some extent in dry weather. The building wall might also have not been the most solid and any cracks in it might have encouraged the owner to remove any large plant that might be having an effect on the soil in the area regardless of what it was. Only speculating really but the removal might even have just been needed to access or lay down some underground pipe or electric cables under where it was planted if it is an urban area.
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  • luis_prluis_pr Posts: 123
    We can speculate but you could ask the people who have the authority to plant and remove.


  • catherine172catherine172 Posts: 67
    I did - but not got an answer....
  • catherine172catherine172 Posts: 67
    that looks like a nice one...
  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    Kerria can spread quite a bit via runners but I'd hardly call it a thug. It wouldn't damage a wall or pipes. 
    Do you have a new maintenance contract?  Or maybe a new gardener who didn't like it? 
  • catherine172catherine172 Posts: 67
    bit of a long story - I was very sad to lose it - but good to know in a way it's not such a bad plant....
    I think sometimes people just want to 'do something new' and my plant suffered as a result.
  • catherine172catherine172 Posts: 67
    or possibly fear.
    I also in a different bed by a wall have a field maple, which has been very resilient over about 20 years.
    At least once some of the residents decided it was a baddie, and tried to remove it/ but it has sallied forth again quite successfully.
    I remember a residents discussion where I thought it was OK, and liked it, but there was again fear that it might damage the wall or something.
    any thoughts on field maples? in this respect?
    thanks again.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    There was a disease some years ago that killed or severely damaged Kerrias so they failed to thrive. It might be a possible reason for the one you are talking about to have been removed.
    I lost my plant,except for a tiny shoot that grows out of a drystone wall. That bit is still going strong!

  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    I would be much more concerned about field maple than kerria. The maple will always try to become a massive tree so isn't best suited to a small urban space.
  • catherine172catherine172 Posts: 67
    mm, interesting - this one to my eyes doesn't seem to have been trying to be huge, but it likes to be there :-)
    how would you remove it?
    I quite like the cover it provides eg for pusscats to hang out in
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