Suckers growing from lawn? [id]

[ben17487]

Hey guys wondering if anyone can help my identity what species this is that's popping up all over my lawn, I'm assuming they're suckers from neighbors trees or just seeds that have spread..

Thanks very much!

[KIRKY]

Looks like a Wisteria to me. Either a runner or there was a Wisteria once upon a time where your lawn is. The roots can keep coming up long after a plant is removed.
Cheers
Kirky

[shibui]

I agree Kirky. That's a wisteria.
They do throw long runners along or just under the ground so if you have a wisteria nearby you can probably trace the long shoots back to the plant.
The alternative, as Kirky has already stated is sprouts from a previous wisteria now gone. I have heard of people claiming that wisteria shoots started coming up 15-20 years after the original plant was removed so you may not even know it was there before.

[ben17487]

Wow that's interesting stuff!
Thanks for the help
Worth potting any up?

[shibui]

They will probably grow if you pot them up but will take a few years to get any significant thickness unless you can find one with a thick stem underground already.
Any tree is worth having if you have some space and time because you will learn about how they grow and how to deal with them so that when a good one comes your way you will already have some experience

[Peter KB]

Yes its a Wisteria, I have a large specimen great for shade but constantly throws suckers or a type of root runner, any ideas on how to control or stop these ? Thanks Peter

[shibui]

Yes its a Wisteria, I have a large specimen great for shade but constantly throws suckers or a type of root runner, any ideas on how to control or stop these ? Thanks Peter

The only way I know is persistence with the secateurs. You need to make it clear this behaviour is not useful to the plant by cutting them off as soon as they appear. Unfortunately now that your plant has got away with it for a while it will be more difficult to convince it to stop. You will just need to be more tenacious than the plant.
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