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Roo writes:
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| I found that its ability to spread via its roots and to throw up
| numerous suckers quite annoying and consequectly we got rid of it.
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| Wonder if its height & suckering tendencies are affected by its
| growing conditions then ?

They are, but not in simple ways.

| Here in cold, wet Lancashire, on heavy clay soil, I've a fantastically
| proportioned plant which I prune yearly in spring. Its end of season
| height is no more than 5-6 FEET, not metres, and as yet, after 10
| years, I've had no suckers !

My parents in law lived in Kent, on heavy clay soil.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.