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I removed the tall skinny tree and looked at the root of the interesting tree.

The tree is about 5 feet tall and 4 feet across
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The roots are definitely wider spreading from the green hose at the left of the picture to the dug area on the right
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How does a small plant get such big roots?

By having a root stock like this!
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The orange strap was an attempt to pull it loose a bit with my truck. 4x4 and low range but the tree didn't even wobble. The wife decided it should live for putting up such valiant resistance


 
Posted : 25/04/2015 11:08 am
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Here is the Artichoke thing in bloom

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Posted : 25/04/2015 11:12 am
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You have to admire their tenacity!

I'm currently in the middle of tidying up a messy patch of small plants and larger shrubs in our front garden and am having to dig massive holes to get the larger shrubs up!


 
Posted : 25/04/2015 11:41 am
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Yay!

* applauds WCA *


 
Posted : 25/04/2015 12:02 pm
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Handy. You could lock your bikes to it ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 25/04/2015 12:34 pm
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Removing the tree with your truck pulls the wall down ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 25/04/2015 12:37 pm
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Don't do this


 
Posted : 25/04/2015 1:01 pm
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That artichoke thing looks like a variant of Giant Thistle in my very limited experience.
I like it and the conifer.


 
Posted : 25/04/2015 1:19 pm