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Weed/plant identification and removal advice
drfishflan
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We have some sort of weed/plant in our garden.. wondering what it is
We bought the house a year ago and have started to sort out the back garden.
Unfortunately there is a plant which sprouts at various spots around the garden and has roots which appear to spread across the entire garden.
Its tough getting up a single sprouting plant let alone the whole thing!
Any advice on what it is or how to deal with it would be much appreciated.
Here are some photos
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It looks to me as if you've got more than one sort of plant there. If you wait a few days until the leaves unfurl, we might be able to identify them better... I'd go for sycamore for no. 3 at the moment, but it might look completely different with leaves! Anyway, if you're sure you don't want whatever they are, you could try a brushwood killer like SBK, but I think you'd have to wait until the leaves are fully open for maximum effectiveness (though I could be wrong about that - haven't used it myself). If you're digging shrubs out I recommend a mattock. About a tenner from B&Q and much more effective than a spade.
I think the top one might be wild cherry suckers.
In the sticks near Peterborough
As above, wait for leaves to appear. A candidate is dogwood, invasive and common.
Thanks very much... I will return with photos of the leaves in a few days.
I now have 10 times the knowledge I had before this post.
Thanks again
Timely advice, Verdun.
Most of us have sprayed something with weedkiller that we shouldn't have... 
If you accidentally spray a wanted plant with weedkiller, water the plant immediately, it may be fine.
True, LeifUK, but sometimes you don't realise you've sprayed it until it looks sick.