Staghorn Sumac

[ihaveayod]

My next door neighbours have these in their garden and they look amazing, but I now have 3 little ones growing in my lawn. What is the best way to get deal with these. Would letting one of them grow be an option or should I get rid of them. Thank you, I'm pretty new to this gardening business and googling seems to give different advice.

They are the very devil for running underground. I am ripping up shoots from two gardens away and my neighbours garden is infested.

letting one grow is fine if you like it but I know of no way to stop it running, so your main issue will be dealing with the shoots as they come up. I rip them up, chase back the roots as far as I can where possible, and am contemplating weedkiller for the . Be warned.

These plants are pretty but very invasive as the PP has said. In the lawn you could just mow them to keep them down.

Thank you, I think I will just admire next door's and try to deal with the ones in my lawn

We had two mature ones in our garden and they were so beautiful, especially in autumn when the leaves are blazing oranges, golds and reds, that the runners seem ed a small price to pay.

Mowing takes care of the ones that pop up in the lawn and I just yank up the others when I see them.

One died after the heatwave last summer but the branches are such lovely, twisty shapes that I am growing climbers through it, while waiting for one of the reprieved runners to grow up to replace it.

Beautiful in autumn but a thug. Pull up the suckers that have spread to your garden before they really get a hold. Dont just cut them off at the stem, they'll spread further.

Thank you all, I will attack the 3 invaders this weekend and just admire next door's.

If you want one yourself you can get one that doesn't send out runners. (I've forgotten the name but google) I've got one and it's never suckers. I love this tree, I remember it being so popular growing up in everyone's gardens in the 1980's.