Buderschnookie wrote:
"Scott Hildenbrand" wrote in message
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Just wondering what people think of them. Stumbled onto them and on
further searching seems to be a LOT of hype around them.

Wondering about first hand opinions.

I'm in 6B, SW Kentucky, BTW.


I just moved into a new-to-me home that had two of these monsters in the
front lawn- just huge 60+ year old behemoths. It cost a small fortune to
have them taken out, the stumps ground w-a-y down, and new topsoil brought
in. Despite our efforts at eradicating the beasts we are now battling root
shoots from the root fragments- and we had them ground down and out with
very wide margins. The trees are noxious, dirty, and aggravating and I curse
whomever planted them in my yard to start with. Every day for the past few
months I am out there removing root shoots- hundreds of them and more pop up
every day. I keep a hoe on my front porch.

They might be an appropriate species if you have blank acreage that needs
some tall trees pronto, but in 99.9% of situations I would say to just run
the opposite direction of them. Once there they will be next to impossible
to eradicate. Beware.



LOL... Ok, so there is an evil behind the hype. That's what I figured.

Shooting off of left over root stalk, reminds me of the Purple Plum we
removed from our old place. It's on our list of hated plants. The dang
thing is STILL putting out new growth even though it's been months since
we cut it out. Luckily not our home anymore so it's not mine to mess
with.

Every summer it'd turn the yard purple with new grown coming up from
root stalk, up to 30' away from the main plant. Mow it down and it
leaves a sharp stick just waiting to skin a bare foot.

This is a good reminder to check more sources than just these sites
where you might find a pretty plant with alot of hype behind it.