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Identification with these evergreen plants?
Hi there, back for the third time.
could anyone identify these evergreen? Plants? , in summer the The green plan like fonds (is that correct?) have tall grasses emerging from them.
im always confused as what to do with them maintainable wise? Do I cut them back at a certain time for example?
thanks again.
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1. Fatsia japonica, I believe.
The shrub is a Fatsia
The grassy stuff looks horribly like Carex pendula
In the sticks near Peterborough
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3295666/How-to-grow-Fatsia-japonica.html
Agree with nut I'm afraid...
The grasses look rather invasive and the fast would probably benefit from having the grasses beneath it removed.
Fatsia! Silly autocorrect
So the grassy stuff is not good?
Was it planted intentionally at some time?
I think we also have some at the front of the house.
Ok........ so what would you all do with it, how do I tackle it?
Many thanks.
If you want to keep the sedge cut off the seed heads as they appear then at least if would self seed everywhere. But if I was you I would dig it out now and if you want a sedge choose one that is a lot less invasive. the fatsia doesn't require any pruning or maintance apart from the removal of any dead leaves.
Have a look at images of Carex pendula, aka Pendulous Sedge, and see if the flowers look like yours. It's a thug of a plant not suitable for polite company (I grow it but I have a large wild garden). Seeds like mad and gets everywhere, swamps everything, like your Fatsia. If the images match yours, dig it up.
I'd dig it up whatever it is, anything that's taken over to that extent is undesirable
In the sticks near Peterborough
if you want to get rid of it and if I was you I would now is the time to dig it out as the ground is soft.
Many thanks for the tips,
I actually thought the long grasses that shot up from it were quite nice, but I see your point about it spreading and being intrusive, we also have some growing at the side of the house, is it possible it has spread naturally? or were these planted by previous owners?
Either way, many thanks.
It seeds prolifically, yes it will have spread naturally, Native species do if they find a place that suits them, it's lovely but has ideas of world (or garden) domination.
Native species is a polite term for weed.
In the sticks near Peterborough