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Name That Plant!

Need help identifying this interloper.

2 years ago

This plant has grown up over two summers in the corner of my little front patio. The leaf form is suggestive of a member of the hibiscus family, but there have been no blooms or buds. I need to do something with it now that fall is approaching. Anyone have any ideas? Thank you.

This is the leaf:

Friend or foe? Thank you.

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Jay 6a Chicago

2 years ago

There is a native red mulberry Morus rubra, which looks a lot like the invasive white mulberry. It's rare nowadays and probably gets mistaken for white mulberry and destroyed as a result.

https://www.walterreeves.com/landscaping/white-mulberry-vs-red-mulberry-identification/

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bengz6westmd
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
White mulberry. A nuisance & invasive weed tree.
northerner_on thanked bengz6westmd
northerner_on
Original Author
2 years ago
Thank you so much for this information bengz6westmd. I just looked it up and it is on Canada;s Invasive Plant list. I should have known because it grew so well, little care, and it has shot up to about 5 feet. Chop, chop!! Thanks again.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
that was my first thought also ... and i presume some bird perched on that fence and dropped a pre fertilized pellet

get it out of there ... they can get huge... they are trees ...

whether you keep it... is a function of how large your yard is.. how many acres ... and whether you want the mess associated with falling fruit fermenting and rotting on the ground in fall ... i presume thats whats happening out under mine.. since ive had a spate of birds flying into window in last last few weeks ... dude.. its a 2 story house.. and it didnt jump in front of you.. try to miss it next time ... if your neck is still intact ...

also.. the pretty purple stains on your siding.. and car ...

they also attract other vermin .. raccoons.. groundhogs... etc...

ken
northerner_on thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
northerner_on
Original Author
2 years ago
Thanks for the information following the first identification. I went right out and chopped it down because it is not in a favourable position - on the edge of my front patio. Ken-adrian, I remember you from years past on the GardenWeb, and as usual, you provided all the reasons why this beautiful specimen had to go. And yes, it probably was a bird as they are wont to perch on the nearby fence and leave their droppings. So whether it is the white or the red (and I do believe it is the white), it had to go. No guilt!!
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
2 years ago
Chopping is probably not enough. It may well sprout from the stump. You need to dig out the roots or herbicide the stump.
northerner_on
Original Author
2 years ago
Thank you. I'll get to that after my bulbs are in the ground.

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