Anyone know this plant?
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This has come up in a flower bed I haven't tended this year. It's up to about 4 ft. now. It is just one lone stem with the leaves all up the way up and down. I am just curious.
18 answers
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Sorry, I don't know what it is but I suspect it's something you don't want.
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Douglas Hunt
on Sep 04, 2013
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do you have any ornamental trees around there? close? like a cherry, crab apple, or even a bradford /capital pear? It looks like a tree sapling.
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The Garden Frog with C Renee
on Sep 04, 2013
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Its a tree!
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Patricia W
on Sep 04, 2013
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Yes it's a tree sapling look around for trees in your yard or neighbourhood and you will find out
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Soemiatie Kooymans
on Sep 05, 2013
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Does it have thorns? It looks like a Bois d'arc tree. I have those sprout all the time as I use Bois d'arc for pest control in my attic and in the landscaping around the house.
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Lla223981
on Sep 05, 2013
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I have one that has come up in one of my beds voluntarily. I have some pear nearby. Could be ornamental pear. That is what I am calling mine.
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Barb Richter
on Sep 05, 2013
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Mine has grown into a bradford pear but with thorns.
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Candy J
on Sep 06, 2013
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the leaf looks like it belongs on a "sweet shrub" bush, but I don't really know for sure.
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Rose S
on Sep 06, 2013
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Bradford pear sapling. They start out as a straight limb and will bush out into a tree as it grows.
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Alice Harley-Wosnig
on Sep 06, 2013
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That is a Bradford Pear sapling that some sweet bird has planted for you.
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Karen Manley
on Sep 06, 2013
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Pretty sure it's a tree or shrub of some sort......a surprise some little birdie pooped out for you...lol
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Judy
on Sep 06, 2013
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Looks like a weed I pull every time I turn around...
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Linda
on Sep 06, 2013
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pear sapling most likely Bradford and everyone is saying
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April E
on Sep 06, 2013
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I'm with everyone it looks like a bradford pear or wild cherry tree!!!! Sweet shrub has a odd looking bloom???
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Kay Love-Wood
on Sep 07, 2013
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I don't know, but it is growing everywhere here in Southern Ohio. strangles out everything. we've tried for years, since moving here to get rid of it and haven't found a way yet. we didn't have that problem when we lives 30 miles up river.....
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Rita Patton
on Sep 07, 2013
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Thanks very much for the help. So it seems I probably have a Bradford pear growing in a flower bed rather close to the house... Next question, if I dig it up and transplant it now in September before it gets any bigger, will it live?
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Charlotte Kent
on Sep 07, 2013
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move it after your first frost or 2 before the ground freezes, water in well, mulch, and water during dry periods if u live where it does not freeze the ground. Plants grow roots in the winter, tops in the spring and summer. shold do well as these are a very tough plant.
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Estelle Whiddon
on Sep 07, 2013
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Yup it is those invasive awful Bradford Pear tree's that everyone plants cause they grow fast and flower in spring. Kill it quickly, it has thorns bigger and will take over a bed quickly.
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Angelique DeMarco
on Sep 07, 2013
Douglas Hunt
on Sep 04, 2013
The Garden Frog with C Renee
on Sep 04, 2013
Patricia W
on Sep 04, 2013
Soemiatie Kooymans
on Sep 05, 2013
Lla223981
on Sep 05, 2013
Barb Richter
on Sep 05, 2013
Candy J
on Sep 06, 2013
Rose S
on Sep 06, 2013
Alice Harley-Wosnig
on Sep 06, 2013
Karen Manley
on Sep 06, 2013
Judy
on Sep 06, 2013
Linda
on Sep 06, 2013
April E
on Sep 06, 2013
Kay Love-Wood
on Sep 07, 2013
Rita Patton
on Sep 07, 2013
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