The first two are of a pecan tree sapling. At the size it is now, it is probably too late to transplant it since they have an extremely long tap root. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galv ... s&p_15.htm This site also has suggestions for getting rid of them, cause trust me, if you just cut them down they do come back over and over and over and over again. :-D Not sure what the other plant is, but I think I have seen it on the roadside around here. My first thought was jimsonweed, but I am not sure.
The third picture is a thistle. It's a noxious weed. You don't want it growing unless you want a whole yard full of them. Dooley
Thank you everyone for your help? How do I get rid of the thistle and how could have I got the [info]pecan[/info] tree sapling? Now to get rid of it, to use the herbicide just so that I don't kill the other plants in that garden, when is a good time to use the herbicide?
I don't know where you are but if there are pecan trees anywhere around, a squirrel buried it for winter and didn't get back to it before it sprouted. If there are no trees around, it could be that someone bought pecans at the store and somehow at least one found it's way outside by way of the trash or someone was shelling them, dropped one and couldn't find it but a squirrel did. I found several oak saplings in my yard last spring. I have looked all over our neighborhood for an oak tree that the acorns could have come from and can not find one anywhere.
I am in Chicago and I don't know if there ar Pecan trees anywhere......now do I need to chop it down now since I cannot use poisons yet since the poisons would kill the other plants in my garden? This may not be a smart question what are saplings?
Saplings are small trees. Just get clippers and cut the thistle off at the base and dig the root. Dooley
Saplings are baby trees. If you can dig the pecan tree out or at least most of it that would be best. If the plants around it are annuals you could wait until they die off and not have to worry about destroying them when you dig. You could also do some searching for organic methods of killing unwanted tree stumps too. If you have to use chemicals, there are some that only kill the plant/tree they are poured on and do not spread thru the ground to other plants.
Are we sure that's a thistle? From what I can tell, flowers look Campanula-like. Too blurry to be sure. Tweety, can you get a better pic? I'd hate to see you rip out something good without being 100% sure.
thank you for the tips everyone. Hank I will take a better picture and then post it here. Thank you for your help.
I have thistle all over my back yard and it doesnt bloom like that. I would love to see a better pic. Now my thistle leaves sometimes turn purple as its growing. Maybe thats what Im seeing.
Those first two look like milkweed to me. http://www.blessedbee.ca/encyclopedia/honeybee_plants/milkweed.php
Being that she's from Chicago I believe the milkweed over the pecan tree. Still hard to say for sure, though.
Pecan trees are hardy up zone 4, so it could grow in Chicago. Look really close at the form of the leaves, they do not match. The pecan leaves are sort of ruffly and form a longer point at the end....the milkweed leaves are very stiff edged with a basically rounded end and a tiny point that looks like it was an afterthought in the design. The plant in Tweety's garden has limbs going off from the main trunk, the milkweed doesn't.
