The Force Is Strong In This One

[poliphilo]

Willow trees are unkillable. The one Matthew took down last year- after it broke in a storm- is sprouting all round its stump. Give it a year or two and it'll have a new trunk- or- indeed- several. Not only that, but the logs he chopped from it are sprouting too- so that the woodpile is a mass of green leaves. 

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[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Same way with pecans. Their tap roots are too deep to dig out. I've learned to cut them to the ground, then cover with layers of newspaper, plastic and rocks. It takes a year or two to kill them and they don't sprout.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

In this case I'm very happy to see the tree is still alive. We didn't want to have to chop it down but it was a mess and we had to.