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Willow or will not?

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  • Gardening_PunkGardening_Punk Posts: 21
    So, some improved pictures of the two:
    the tree: 

    and the bush:

  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Not Rowan. Sure there was a similar photo for your bush and it came up as goat willow.

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited May 2020
    1. Tree.....It is Fraxinus excelsior...common name ash.
    Branches opposite.
    10ft from house ...far too close...better to remove it root and all asap.

    Sorbus...common name rowan  branches are alternate.

    2.  Bush.....Salix caprea....common name  goat willow....showing the female parts...seed pods ..the white fluffy stuff.....which are about to open and blow all over your garden... In no time it will be a giant tree.
    see seed pic below.

    https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/goat-willow

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    The tree is Ash as SS & Dove said, and the 'bush' in the last 2 photos is indeed a Willow, maybe a hybrid Crack Willow.  Have a look through these UK willows:
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Gardening_PunkGardening_Punk Posts: 21
    Thanks a lot for all the advice. I’ve looked and like you have all said, the tree is Ash. I’ve taken it down, and left a couple of feet of the trunk in case I need to “pull” it out. Should I dig it out or would a coating of glyphosate on the cut stump be a better idea to kill the roots first?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Glyphosate won’t work, bu a pick axe will😀. I would get the whole thing out. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You need that Brushwood killer to kill it off if you can't get it out.
    As @Lyn says - it'll laugh in the face of Glyphosate
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2020
    A previous resident once cut back an ash sapling in this garden ... this is it now 


    It’s beautiful and we love the wildlife it attracts but it costs us £500 every few years having the crown thinned and reduced. 

    There were two here when we came ... it also cost £500 to have one felled. 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I had a sapling which had seeded in right at the back boundary of this garden. It was obviously just generally hacked back each year by whoever cut the grass and did a quick wheech [tecnical term] with a strimmer, but it needed removing. It was right in at the pavement/kerb edging. 
    I cut it down and used the trunk for round the back of the shed. each year I've cut all the shoots but last autumn I decided I'd use the Brushwood stuff. Job's a good 'un  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited May 2020
    Your Ash tree is really just a sapling.

    If possible try to tie a strong rope to it and attach if possible to a car and pull it out.
    OR...
    It can be dug out in no time..roots and all.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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