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  • DaftyDuck
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    Oh, it is beautiful, don't get me wrong, just rampant. Bramble is a burger to get rid of. Digging out will certainly help, but wop the new growth with glyphosate. You can do worse than dunking long shoots in a pot of the diluted stuff (wear gloves, not just for the thorns, or use pliers/pincers).

    Sycamore stumps may grow from the root; stumpkiller may work, but so does time/an axe/walloping any growth with a spade. Self-seeded sycamore is a pain, but just pulling does them in, and so does hoeing.

    With planning a bed like that, don't forget that you can initially plant the shrubs still in their pots. Then, when you do change your mind (and you will), it's easily done.

    Anyway, we demand photos. Before, during and, in a few months, after!
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