Any idea what this? And what to do with it?

[NearlySchoolTimeAgain]

I’ve got a tree sending up lots of shoots around it.

Should I cut them all down?

What’s the best way to deal with the tree itself? I’ve been giving it a bob to get to the neglected roses underneath.

Goodness knows what I’m going to do with the mountain of cuttings! I’ve pruned about 10 years worth of neglect on 50 rose bushes. Probably have 40 to go. Can you burn them? Will it take long for them to dry out?

If the tree is sending up shoots fromt he ground, they ar esuckers, and yes, chop them off, slightly below ground if you can.

It is a bit odd to have roses under a weeping tree, surely they are hidden?

Pruning is normally, take out one third of the mature branches, this year, another third, next year and the last third the last year, but, not knowing what the tree is, that could be all wrong!

rose cuttings - give them a week or two and then burn them.

The roses aren’t actually under the tree but they were so overgrown that they’d grown up around the perimeter of the canopy to the tree canopy height and some woody weed had grown from the roses up into the tree.

All the roses are now harshly pruned back to just beyond the woody part. Last year they were really bushy with few flowers so hopefully they’ll be better this year.

The tree has a second canopy level but I can’t get to it so I’ll leave it at the trim this year. I’ll cut all the suckers down.

I’ll drag all the rose trimmings onto the patio to dry out and then burn them once they’re dry.

Those shoots look like elder (Sambucus nigra) to me.

They do don’t they. I can’t find any pictures of them weeping like mine but maybe it’s been trained like that.

I’ve also got these grass plants. Do they need cutting back or do you just leave them?

I’m no gardener and have far too much to ever tame!

The grasses - you can cut them down to the ground (careful as I just scream when a toad jumps out) now or later, and they should come back. Or you can forget like I do some years and have more to cut back next year.

I'd get a rake and comb the grasses to clear out the dead bits. Or put on rubber gloves and use your hands.
Without seeing them in flower I'm not sure if they are evergreen or deciduous, but they do have quite a lot of green in them so they may be evergreen. Evergreen grasses should not be cut back because they won't regrow quickly. Deciduous grasses will spring back up from the base.

I think it’s a weeping willow, I would prune most of the smaller twigs off and leave the bigger ones x

This is the only picture I have of it in flower (end of June). It’s probably not clear enough. Maybe best to weed dead stuff this year and wait a summer?