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Another plant to ID please

Stephanie newish gardenerStephanie newish gardener Posts: 516
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Morning,  this definitely isn't the weather to go digging up small trees and shrubs, but this thing is sprouting up everywhere,  and I've found that it seems to sprout from along the roots too :( 
Any ideas please?  It grows pretty quickly, has a woody stem and long branches - the one in the pic is smaller than some I've dealt with so far this morning 
Thanks 

No longer newish but can't think of a new name so will remain forever newish.  B) 

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I'm guessing it's coming from a tree perhaps. Is there one close to the other side of the fence?
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Yet another Goat Willow.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2021
    Doesn't look like a goat willow or a salix of any kind.

    It looks very much the native Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea ... often a present from the birds who eat the berries and then sit on your fence and .........  :o

    https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/dogwood

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  • Stephanie newish gardenerStephanie newish gardener Posts: 516
    It's not from a nearby tree, and here's a couple of pics of one I've trimmed lots of lower branches off and which I doubt I'll be able to dig out. Fairly sure they are self-seeded because I have been able to pull up smaller ones individually with no sign of them being attached to another root. No idea if they flower I'm afraid,  but they definitely grow quickly! 

    No longer newish but can't think of a new name so will remain forever newish.  B) 

  • Stephanie newish gardenerStephanie newish gardener Posts: 516
    NB part of the issue with digging out is that they are mostly growing through a weed membrane with slate chippings on it so access to dig is difficult 
    No longer newish but can't think of a new name so will remain forever newish.  B) 

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Not Goat Willow.

    Agree with @Dovefromabove, looks like a Cornus.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Native Dogwood, as already said.  They will continue to sucker from the roots, so if you want rid of it, cut all shoots/trunks down to the ground and carefully apply a tiny amount of neat SBK brushwood killer to the tops of the stumps using a paintbrush, then cover the area for a few hours until it has dried to keep pets, wildlife and little humans safe.  You may get a bit of re-growth from one or two stumps, which you can treat in the same way.  I avoid chemicals where possible, but 'impossible to remove' tree saplings are one of the few exceptions.  I did have a dogwood try to take over a 3x5m raised bed (my front garden) and had to use SBK, but it worked (before that, I spent 2 years physically pulling-up every new shoot I saw, but with no respite.)

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Stephanie newish gardenerStephanie newish gardener Posts: 516
    Thanks everyone,  that's helpful if a little depressing.  I'll do what I can this time and next time I visit the property I'll come armed with an axe, some SBK, petrol and a flame thrower (only joking about the axe, lol) 
    No longer newish but can't think of a new name so will remain forever newish.  B) 

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Definitely Cornus sp.
    Need to see flowers/berries to say which one.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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