Closer view needed.

Am I in the wrong group then?

Maybe technically but what you really have is a bunch of weeds that need cleaning out :-)) And that suggestion would be the same regardless of where you posted this!!

If there was something worth keeping in there, like a good variety of maple or oak, it would be too close to the patio.

Thank you!

you need to ID your priorities .. and then act ...

if you want vinca and iris.. then the rest are weeds ....

frankly .. on these pix.. i cant see much of anything.. for ID purposes ... if you want to snap some pix ... as you are digging them up ... with a scale.. and location ... maybe we can ID then .. and you can decide if you want to move them ... they can be kept in a bucket with a bit of water for a few days ....

ken

ps: one might argue that if you have a hundred maples in there .. lol.. then most likely ... its not a GOOD VARIETY .... as it hyper seeds everywhere ... eh??? .. and if so.. check that your gutters dont have any ...

pps: conifers are trees ... so you have the same peeps in each forum.. so its not necessary to repost there ...

I can see an oak seedling which you might want to keep if you have room to transplant it somewhere else. I also believe I can see some putative Ailanthus altissima or some sort of nut e.g. Walnut. But to get them properly identified you need to post clear pictures of each one on th Name That Plant Forum here on GW. What will happen if you leave it? You will have a mess and if you leave it long enough a gloomy patio overhung with trees saplings. What should you pull? Anything which is going to be a tree imo.