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  1. Lisamyoung06

    Lisamyoung06 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi everyone ,
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    To this site and to gardening. Hoping for some help to identify this I found growing in my garden today between our fence and a neighbours fence behind (gap in between) it was really tall about 8 foot and I have looked on google although can’t find a match? The root of it is really thick where it was stemming from. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to reply to me
    Lisa :)
     

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Looks like Elderberry.:smile:
     
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      Lisamyoung06 Apprentice Gardener

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      Thanks for the reply Pete I was worried incase it was something invasive.
       
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      noisette47 Total Gardener

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      Hello Lisa, welcome to GC :sign0016: Pete's right, it's Sambucus or elderberry. I'm afraid it's not entirely benign, though. It will become a big tree left to it's own devices. Birds spread the berries around, so you could end up with a lot more than one.
      It sounds as though it's in a tricky position to get rid of it, but if you can get into the space and dig out as much of the root as possible, then when it re-shoots, treat it with SBK brushkiller, you might win :)
       
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