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Please Id this shrub

IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
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Is it the May bride bush that I’ve tried to propagate cuttings from or is a sucker weedy thing I’m nurturing? 
I have another photo of one in a plant pot if these aren’t clear. Red stem and the younger leaves have red tinge.

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Sadly neither look like Exochorda macrantha The Bride.
    They look like weedy willow...Salix sp.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    Oh I am disappointed with that, have never managed to propagate my May Bride yet. This is the May bride which is almost 15 years old.
    And this is the same shrub that I thought I propagated looking like a bonsai but if it’s a weedy willow I don’t think I want to keep it in the borders. Might let it grow in the pot as a pretend bonsai 😄
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    I forgot to add the pretend bonsai weedy willow if that’s what it is 
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    I’ve just pulled up 3 of these weedy willows, the largest one was over 5 ft tall. I’m going to give it another try propagating the May bride this year.
  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    Looks a lot like Salix caprea, the goat willow. It fools people because it does not have the strap-like leaves most people associate with weeping willows.
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    I think you’re right @rachelQrtJHBjb but it supports wildlife so I’m leaving the specimen one in the pot. Aphids on it so I’m going to give it a prune at some point.
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