These are coming up everywhere in a bed...are they friend or foe...does anyone know? thanks for any help!
Friend or Foe?
Lizzie, those are little trees. Im not sure which type tree. My neighbor has the tree and it makes thousands of seeds every year so I have those little buggers coming up EVERYWHERE!!!
I told my hubby i thought that was what it was...mimosa trees. there are some way out back of the house although I have none in my yard. thanks.
Not Mimosa... I'm just guessing but maybe elm?
No, definitely not mimosa. I wanted to say elm but Im not really certain.
Definitely elm. I pull THOUSANDS of them every year. This spring has been particularly bad and I have literally had drifts of seeds on my patio.
And you need to pull them up when they are small since they get a taproot that can be like triple the size of the above ground growth!
This message was edited Mar 27, 2012 9:08 PM
Yes, dont let them get started. They are very hard to pull. I get drifts of the seeds on my side walks and porch. Sometimes one escapes me and hides in a bed until it is a foot tall. Then I have to wait until it rains to pull it.
It looks like Cedar Elm, we fight them all the time too but they are good trees, besides giving good shade, they are also host to butterflies.
http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ULCR
I find those all the time and I just yank them. If one would settle in a good place, I might let it grow, but they always seem to land in an inappropriate spot!
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Definitely elm. I pull THOUSANDS of them every year. This spring has been particularly bad and I have literally had drifts of seeds on my patio.
And you need to pull them up when they are small since they get a taproot that can be like triple the size of the above ground growth!
This message was edited Mar 27, 2012 9:08 PM
Yes... this year has been exceptionally bad. We are also swamped with zillions of oak seedlings. I attribute it to the drought. All the trees that endured last summers' drought are attempting to reproduce prolifically.
thank you all! I have a couple of elm trees close by so that is what it is then. thanks again! i will commence to yanking in the am!
Yup, I'd say Elm, and they even come up in my large plant pots. :(
thanks. I pulled those suckers up everywhere yesterday and still have lots more to go.