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Could this be Goat Willow?

ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,184
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There are at least four of these plants in a rather damp area of the lawn. I’ve cut them down to the ground several times and they have sprung back every year, one is over 5 foot tall. I was hoping they might flower or do something interesting but just leaves and vigorous growth. I’m beginning to think these are weeds that ought to go?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,046
    YUP. 
    Devon.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,184
    Rats! Looks like I’ll have to dig out the roots to get rid of them?
    Thanks for the swift reply. Might head out with the mattock before it gets dark!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,046
    young plants shouldn't have too much in the way of roots
    Devon.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,184
    Thanks, I hope so. Thank goodness the green waste collection has restarted.
  • B3B3 Posts: 25,187
    It often is😕
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,879
    I get these everywhere, you can’t get them out easily root will go down as tall as the tree above ground. 
    The only things I put Glyphosate on. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 25,187
    If a sneaky one gets too big, i keep trimming off the shoots until it gives up
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 21,879
    Ah, right, I’ll try that then B.   They seem to be no where and the next day they’re 6” tall with a 6” tap root, and on it goes each day.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 25,187
    I just snip as I pass by.  Killed a rambling rector the same way
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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