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shawnhill777
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My apologies if this has been a topic of discussion before but I have a issue that I need some help and advice with. I am also new to gardening in the U.K. so looking to learn.
i have recently moved and this is my first summer in the new place. Last weekend I noticed the following shoots coming up in odd places in the lawn.
They appear to be originating from hard, tough woody runners just below the surface but I cannot see where they come from, I suspect a neighbour's garden.
My question is twofold:-
1. What is the plant?
2. What should I do about it / what are my options?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Last edited: 11 April 2017 16:20:15
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Hi Shawn. I cannot be 100% sure but to me they look like cherry tree suckers and the fact that you mention 'woody runners' makes me suspect that this is what they are. You need to remove them at source which means a little bit of digging down to find where they are growing from and removing them at that point.
Last edited: 11 April 2017 16:31:19
Agree with Ladybird4, cherry Tree suckers to be destroyed ASAP! Er--- I don't see no lawn on your photos.
Last edited: 11 April 2017 16:49:25
Thanks for the reply Ladybird4, a cherry tree is certainly not one of the plants that came across my radar whilst I was trying to find out what it is. I'll now look in neighbouring gardens to see if there are any of those In the vicinity. They are relatively easy to dig up and remove in the lawn at the runner level, was just hoping there might be a more permanent solution.
Hopefully some of the other knowledgable folk on here have some ideas.
It's my first summer as a homeowner Papi Jo, the "lawn" has had less attention than the renovations over the winter; and I was taking photos of the nuisance plant, not the lawn.
Does one have to detach the runners at the tree or would it suffice for me to just keep chopping them up every time they surface in my garden?
Try to get to the root its sprung up from and detach it there but if thats difficult, yes just cut it off at soil level.
If there isn't a prunus tree nearby it might be that one has been felled recently and that has triggered an 'explosion' of suckers from roots left behind.
If that is the case you could paint some glyphosate weedkiller onto the leaves of the suckers - that will transfer back to the roots and kill them, but you have to leave the top growth until it has died and gone brown and dry before you remove them.
Of course, that's not an option if the neighbour's tree is still living in their garden
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
are you sure that's cherry, looks more plum to me. Not that it makes any difference
In the sticks near Peterborough
That's why I said prunus Nut - hedging my bets
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
On every shoot I have cut off so far I have been able to get to the lateral root as they seem quite shallow. I'll try that.