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Tue, Apr 10, 12 at 8:28
| I moved into a new house - and I am cleaning up the backyard. These are coming up - and I am not sure what they are. Any advice? See link for photo. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mystery Plant
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| At the moment it looks like new shoots of Humulus (Hop) |
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| Another possibility is pokeweed. |
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| either way sounds like I should pull it. Thanks |
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| Moving into a new house with new gardens and pulling things before you've identified them for sure can be an expensive mistake - and one that may happen all too often. Better is to give things a chance to emerge, figure out what it is you have growing. It almost looks to me like you have used a rake in there from the orientation of the shoots - on the chance you have something expensive you may not want to damage, might not be your best choice for cleanup. It could well be a weed, or not. Were the grounds reasonably well taken care of when you moved in or long time neglected? Have to ask, an acquantenance of mine dug out dozens of small azaleas and dahlia tubers in a new-to-her garden once, pitched them into a ravine behind the house :) |
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| I would also recommend waiting a week or two. The leaves will be fully open by then and the form of the plant will be appearing, so you are much more likely to get an accurate ID. As Morz8 said, ripping things out before you can really be sure what they are can be expensive as well as losing you the advantage of having mature plants. I am pretty sure that they are not pokeweed as I have lots of that. The leaves look toothed (poke is smooth-edged), so could be delphiniums, among other things. |
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| I would definitely not pull it up before identifying it for certain. Humulus seems a good bet to me, the golden one if you're lucky. Is there any kind of trellis or support near it? Not pokeweed. |
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| Reminds me of when my new neighbors moved in a couple of years back and mentioned what they were planning to cut down. They were happy I stopped them otherwise they would be short a dogwood, magnolia and a wisteria. Martha |
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| Here is an updated photo - any guesses now? Click the link below |
Here is a link that might be useful: Updated Photo
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| Is it the lighting or is it supposed to be that yellow/lime? Is there an underground connection between the clumps? Does it sting like a stinging nettle? |
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| OK, so now at least we know it's not hops. |
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| The photo is a bit out of focus. Can you take close-ups (does your camera have a macro setting or lens?) My questions would be: Is the stem hairy? Do the stems or leaves have little sharp spines? Is the stem square in cross-section? Are the leaf stems sort of transparent and "juicy" looking? |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on Mon, Apr 23, 12 at 22:05
| Do the leaves have a scent when crushed? Almost looks like Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum). tj |
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