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Plant/Tree ID - Help getting rid!
Jamier101
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Hi All
We have recently purchased a new house with a garden that needed an overhaul but after getting the new lawn laid 2 months back a nuisance plant has decided to reappear even though the gardner has said it was fully dug out!
I wonder if anybody could give me an idea as to what this plant/tree is in the left hand corner and offer any ideas as to what we can do to get rid of it for good without digging the area back up?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Jamie
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Sorry, I just can't make out which plant you mean and the photos won't enlarge enough when clicked on.
Hi Lizzie
Is this any better?
That's going to be the best I can get unless I let it grow back through the lawn.
Cheers
Jamie
Can't tell what it is, perhaps a witch hazel ? But if you drill a few holes into the top of the wood and put either a stump killer (someone on here has also said Epsom salts) into the drilled holes, it should kill the stump and roots and then you'll really be rid of it all.
spray glyphosate onto the new leaves, repeat until there is no regrowth
Is it woody like a tree? It looks sort of fleshy to me. Did it have big leaves? It looks a bit like an exotic sort of plant like a canna. Can't you just dig it out if you don't want it? Making sure you get the roots out. Then rake the soil and re-sow. It's not a big area. It look about time to mow the grass on a high cut.
If it's the one on the right side of the top pic it looks a bit like a dock, but not really clear enough to see. They have deep roots.
Those are old photos before the new lawn was laid, so it has been mowed a few times now and is looking well and green which is why I would do anything not to dig it back up.
It definitely feels fleshy rather than wood like going by the bits iv pulled out over the last few weeks so I would say its more an exotic plant than a tree.
I have googled witch hazel and definetly don't remember it looking like that but I will give that a go Flora Rosa.
I'd dig it out and split it into manageble chunks and pot them up. It might turn out to be something really lovely that would look great on that nice patio you've got.
Then I'd level and firm down the soil and buy a couple of lengths of turf from the local garden centre and patch it.
It'll soon blend in and you'll have a good job done and maybe some nice plants into the bargain.
But that's just me ...........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Haha Dovefromabove we have no space for anymore plant pots on that patio as my other half has already gone wild with those!