"Nick Maclaren" wrote
patrick j writes:
|"Emrys Davies" said:
|
| 1) I'm wondering how big it will grow? At present it is nine feet
| high.
| It seems to grow quite quickly.
|
| It can grow to 6m by 6m at a fast rate.
|
| Ugh!

That's rare in the UK. 3-4 metres high is more normal. It's the
suckering that is the problem.

| I found that its ability to spread via its roots and to throw up
| numerous suckers quite annoying and consequectly we got rid of it.
|
| I think I'll get rid of it as well

It had formed a large thicket at my parents-in-law's house. We had
one, and it started lifting the (admittedly GROSSLY substandard)
drive, so I poisoned it.

It's not an easily controllable plant.


Yes, we too got rid of ours due to it's most annoying habit of coming up
from the roots everywhere including our neighbours garden across the drive.
Didn't do the mower any favours either, hitting the roots very time I mowed.
One of those plants to admire from afar IMO.

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Regards
Bob Hobden