"Klara" wrote in message
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We had been trying to identify a tree growing (very fast!) right next to
the wall of our daughter's new house --- and ailanthus it almost certainly
is! They have only been in the house a couple of months, and in that time
it has grown to some 3m.
I had not knowingly seen one before, but we're pretty sure. In any case,
whatever it is, it has to go. If anyone has successfully eradicated an
ailanthus, could you tell us how?
And as the house was surveyed just three months ago, surely the surveyor
should have warned them!
Thanks!


most surveyors would not know the difference between an Ailanthis and a
Haddock;
they would know what a tree was because they worry if they are too close to
houses
but it depends on what the survey is for.

Why are people so upset by theses Ailanthusses? What is so hard to
eradicate (I saw a lot of web sites but did not read any)?

Des

Rhodendron ponticum = tree of hell

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Klara, Gatwick basin