Any idea what tree this is?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2018

  The large one looks remarkably like Salix caprea to me ... I'd be taking that out PDQ.

  
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• russ.hunter9 Posts: 9

  June 2018

  Thanks Dovefromabove. Why do you say that?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2018

  Salix caprea aka goat willow pops up in gardens all over the place because its seeds float in the air like thistledown ... however it grows very rapidly into a huge tree.   It's quite good for wildlife if you have a large garden (I mean several acres with hedges, woodland etc) but it's not a tree for a 'normal sized' garden.  
  
  
  

  
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• russ.hunter9 Posts: 9

  June 2018

  Excellent, thanks for the advice. Our garden is pretty small, so that doesn't sound good! :-)

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