How to kill it

• Destroy ripe pods first to minimise seeding. • Pull up seedlings (all year round). • Stump swab (best in summer-autumn): Tordon Brushkiller (100ml/l) or Banvine (200ml/l) or Yates Woody Weedkiller (400ml/l). Remove all pods and dispose of at refuse transfer station, burn or bury deeply. Leave remaining cut material on site to rot down. • Spray (summer-autumn): Tordon Brushkiller (30ml/10l) or Banvine (12ml/l) or Yates Woody Weedkiller (24ml/l).

Stumps resprout. Bared areas reseed profusely. Follow up 6-monthly, and replant bare spots.