Maybe a new thread should be started....."Whats the very worst thing you ever had to dig up?"

Mine was two large well established clumps of Yucca flaccida that came with the house. Those holes were 6ft wide by 4ft deep by the time they were finally out there and it was like digging out concrete blocks. We had to hack them down first and that was no fun either with all those sharp dead leaves.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with digging Baptisia out bc I may try to do this fall. I'd like to hear an update too, if you go back and try to get more of the root system out. Who'd have thought that pretty baptisia would give you so much trouble!

"Maybe a new thread should be started....."Whats the very worst thing you ever had to dig up?"

Mine was a very mature Ninebark shrub....Oh the pain!

That looks painful!

My worst thing was a yucca/century plant. I tried 2-3 times to get it all (including concentrated roundup). A guy did it another time and got the rest out.

A close second was a shrub...boxwood?

Oh no!! I just planted a Ninebark 'coppertina'. Am I going to be sorry? I'm sure having a heck of a time getting it to establish, it seems to want a drink every other day or else it pouts.

I've never planted a Baptista, I always thought that one looked like it wouldn't cut it in the summer heat here but with a root like that one in the picture, I have revised my opinion. Its a big boy for sure.

Now those are some impressive roots.

I am a) glad I like my baptisia and b) even gladder that I like the location I put it in!