but you see punkdoc, you are there with your careful management.
Let's be honest, most garden worthy trees, shrubs and perennials would be thugs given half a chance or not had it knocked out of them by intensive-intensive breeding.
Us gardeners beautify the bold and conquer the onslaught of nature that would happily cover motorway in ten years without traffic.
Mindy I have one and all I do to keep it in check is spade around it's cirumference every now and then. I don't find it invasive and it's an interesting plant especially in the winter when you are left with the red horns on bare branches.
Thanks guys! It had planted itself in a 3ft x 3ft planter that i planted a Nandina domestica in three years ago. I removed it today and the roots were deep and stubborn! I find it rather attractive and interesting looking plant and have repotted it in a large pot on the patio. I presume I didn't get all the roots so maybe more will appear. I will keep it in check. Thanks again, really appreciate it!
Oddly enough I lost mine because the roots rotted out and I had hoped that I would find some suckers to replace it but no luck. It never suckered at all unlike the wild cherry and the cherry plum which send suckering roots out for miles across the garden. It was a beautiful specimen about 12ft high with a canopy about 18ft across. Bees love it too. It just fell over one sad day with very little root left.
When I cut it up I tried using a log splitter wedge to create firewood sized pieces and discovered that it had grown in a tight spiral making it impossible to split lengthways.
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but you see punkdoc, you are there with your careful management.
Let's be honest, most garden worthy trees, shrubs and perennials would be thugs given half a chance or not had it knocked out of them by intensive-intensive breeding.
Us gardeners beautify the bold and conquer the onslaught of nature that would happily cover motorway in ten years without traffic.
Lucky 3 It is stag's horn.
Mindy I have one and all I do to keep it in check is spade around it's cirumference every now and then. I don't find it invasive and it's an interesting plant especially in the winter when you are left with the red horns on bare branches.
Thanks guys! It had planted itself in a 3ft x 3ft planter that i planted a Nandina domestica in three years ago. I removed it today and the roots were deep and stubborn! I find it rather attractive and interesting looking plant and have repotted it in a large pot on the patio. I presume I didn't get all the roots so maybe more will appear. I will keep it in check. Thanks again, really appreciate it!
Thanks Kef, I just googled it and it looks like a beauty! Haven't seen any around here. Never seen one before. I feel quite lucky!
It can be kept as a small bush, like I do, but will grow like a tree if you let it. Enjoy Mindy.
Oddly enough I lost mine because the roots rotted out and I had hoped that I would find some suckers to replace it but no luck. It never suckered at all unlike the wild cherry and the cherry plum which send suckering roots out for miles across the garden. It was a beautiful specimen about 12ft high with a canopy about 18ft across. Bees love it too. It just fell over one sad day with very little root left.
When I cut it up I tried using a log splitter wedge to create firewood sized pieces and discovered that it had grown in a tight spiral making it impossible to split lengthways.
The label on mine said cut it down every year. I tried last year and it is now shooting deform the side.