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Tree Shoots with long Roots In Our New Garden

deansalibadeansaliba Posts: 5
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Hiya.

We have moved into a flat with a garden and there are tree shoots all over the place, some of them were almost as tall as me.

We have tried pulling them out but there are some bloody long roots- some going under our patio - so I just trim them down and try and keep trimming everytime they sprout up again.

Because the previous occupant struggled for 8 years to get the grass to grow (large patches and they even laid fresh turf and it died in the same patches) we have thought about putting artificial turf down, but are worried about these little tree shoots piercing it and coming back.

Will this happen?

Is there anything we can do to stop them returning?

The main culprits are from two trees in two adjoining gardens.

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  • HelixHelix Posts: 631
    Can you put up a picture, or do you know which trees? As some things that sucker badly like Rhus are a devil, whereas if it’s seedlings then you have more chance.   Artificial grass will probably not work....
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,894
    Small leaves,?    Could be Goat Willow, they’re everywhere here as well, even the tiny ones are a beast to get out. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • deansalibadeansaliba Posts: 5
    Hi, thank you for the replies. I don't have any pictures of the ones in my garden as I cleared them and they have been taken away.

    These photos are very dark as it is about to rain again, but they appear to be from this tree. Hopefully you can tell what tree it is still.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,051
    edited April 2019
    maybe a photo in daylight? ;)
    Might be a form of Robinia, hard to say, but it does sucker.
    Devon.
  • deansalibadeansaliba Posts: 5
    Hostafan1 said:
    maybe a photo in daylight? ;)
    Might be a form of Robinia, hard to say, but it does sucker.
    Sorry, I'll try tomorrow before I go for my run. :-)
  • deansalibadeansaliba Posts: 5
    I couldn't get any of the tree as they kept coming out too dark, but I found another little bugger growing within a rose bush.


  • LynLyn Posts: 21,894
    Not Goat Willow then.   Similar to Laburnum but I don’t really know what it is.
    That was the only one I knew with a very deep root that you can’t pull out. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,842
    edited April 2019
    Think @Hostafan1 has it ... Robinia pseudoacacia. 
    Theres one just up the road from here ... it’s vast! 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • deansalibadeansaliba Posts: 5
    Dovefromabove said:
    Think @Hostafan1 has it ... Robinia pseudoacacia. 
    Theres one just up the road from here ... it’s vast! 
    Yes, that looks like it, it has thorns on them as well.


  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,699
    I agree that is a Robinia Pseudoacacia. And they can sucker a fair bit I'm afraid. I think only mowing consistently will weaken them. 
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