What tree is this?

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  October 2019

  Ash of sorts ?

  Devon.

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• josusa47 Posts: 3,530

  October 2019

  The colour suggests copper beech.  Could you show us some leaves in close-up?

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• justinmorris007 Posts: 6

  October 2019

  Don’t think it’s an Ash but happy to be proved wrong

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  October 2019

  There are a few. Google "purple leaved ash" and you'll see

  Devon.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  October 2019 edited October 2019

  Fraxinus angustifolia Raywood.
  
  https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fraxinus angustifolia raywood&qs=WebSearch&form=QBIR&sp=1&pq=fraxinus angustifolia raywood&sc=3-29&cvid=A8AFF038712C4227B1502F2D26F8B8EC
  
  https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/32945/i-Fraxinus-angustifolia-i-Raywood/Details
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  October 2019

  Silver surfer said:

  Fraxinus angustifolia Raywood.
  
  https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fraxinus angustifolia raywood&qs=WebSearch&form=QBIR&sp=1&pq=fraxinus angustifolia raywood&sc=3-29&cvid=A8AFF038712C4227B1502F2D26F8B8EC
  
  https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/32945/i-Fraxinus-angustifolia-i-Raywood/Details
  

  That's the chappy.

  Devon.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  October 2019

  Yes that’s the one ... there are a couple near here ... one in the Waitrose car park 😍

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• justinmorris007 Posts: 6

  October 2019

  Thank you, that looks right. Appreciate the info 

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  October 2019

  A really gorgeous form of Fraxinus = ash 
  
  I wonder if if succumbs to the Chalara fraxinea ... we’re in a hotspot here but the one at Waitrose still looks healthy. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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