On 25 July, 17:00, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Lawrie" wrote







We've lived here for 8 years and this plant has not stopped growing!
this is the first year that it has flowered, as you can see from the
images the stems of the flower reach quite a length 4-5 ft! the overall
hight of this plant is not 10-12 ft including the flowering parts.

I used to like it but has now taken over so much of our garden that all
I want to do is remove it! but it is so tough I don't really know where
to start tackling it!

If someone could identify it and let me know how deep the root might
be, and give me advice on removal, I would appreciate it. Also, does it
have any value to anybody out there? would it survive being dug up?

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Phormium tenax, New Zealand Flax.
Luckily I have never had to remove one but I understand it is a plant for
those that don't intend to stay around long as I've heard it's roots are
like iron and the plant is rather difficult to remove once established, as
your's is.
Good luck.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
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Phormium tenax,
If only more people would /could post pictures as good as yours, makes
it much easier to identify.
David Hill