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Plant ID Request!

VoyagerxpVoyagerxp Posts: 651
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Last year this plant popped up in my big border, I potted it up and its grown on alot. Any Idea what it could be?.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Looks like a Willow, Salix caprea is a good one for self seeding



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    plant it in the garden only if you want a very , very large shrub growing very, very quickly.
    Devon.
  • VoyagerxpVoyagerxp Posts: 651
    Is the Willow, Salix caprea a weeping willow?
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Voyagerxp said:
    Is the Willow, Salix caprea a weeping willow?
    nope, upright and a horrible weed. IMHO.
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Image result for Salix caprea
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    There is a weeping form, S. C.Pendula, the Kilmarnock willow, but they're grafted onto an "trunk" to form an umbrella shape.


    Devon.
  • VoyagerxpVoyagerxp Posts: 651
    Thanks HostaFan, i don't want something that big in my garden. I won't be planting that.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Voyagerxp said:
    Thanks HostaFan, i don't want something that big in my garden. I won't be planting that.
    very wise. If you did have room for a tree of that size, there are tons of nicer trees than S.Caprea.
    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It is a good rule that if something pops up unexpectedly in a pot, it will be goat willow.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That or willow herb
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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