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Trees identification
Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing great. I would be very grateful if you could please help me with the identification of the following trees. Sorry for the bad quality on the second one, but that's all I have. The only info I have about these is that the first photo was apparantly shot in Turkey.
If some are not possible to identify, perhaps you could recommend some similar looking trees? Thanks in advance.
If some are not possible to identify, perhaps you could recommend some similar looking trees? Thanks in advance.
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2. Looks like a box ball, Buxus sempervirens, clipped into a dome. You should be able to buy this quite easily but box is susceptible to box blight and box moth caterpillar.
3. Could be a cedar? Cedrus deodora
4. Haven't a clue.
Trees 1 and 4 are enormous. Do you really want such large trees in your garden?
Your pics are tiny and I cannot enlarge to see detail.
Trees as large as first one do not happen instantly...it could be 40/50 years old!
Baby trees take time.
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2. Probably/possibly Buxus... box..pruned to a ball.
To buy one that size and shape is possible IF you have a lot of money!
But then you need to know how to keep it pruned.
https://www.google.com/search?q=buxus+lollipop++balls&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjBy4jBrrnuAhVC4oUKHRKSBoQQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=buxus+lollipop++balls&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDoGCAAQBxAeOgYIABAIEB46CAgAEAgQBxAeOgIIAFCoyQFYgvEBYNT_AWgAcAB4AIABtwGIAZkMkgEEMTMuM5gBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=TOsPYMH1JsLElwSSpJqgCA&bih=579&biw=1280&client=firefox-b-d
https://www.google.com/search?q=buxus+balls&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoi7DtrbnuAhVUQ0EAHR3XC-QQ_AUoAnoECBMQBA&biw=1280&bih=579#imgrc=S_7N45c0dnJmWM
Or Ilex crenata can be shaped into balls.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ilex+crenata+topiary++lollipop+balls&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiNrYqSsbnuAhXJwYUKHY1JCREQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ilex+crenata+topiary++lollipop+balls&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDoECAAQGFDBe1jarQFgmr8BaABwAHgAgAFqiAHKB5IBAzUuNZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=D-4PYM3pGMmDlwSNk6WIAQ&bih=579&biw=1280&client=firefox-b-d#imgrc=E6NOkgVvpmL_PM
3. Is it deciduous or evergreen?
Similar shape trees....
A. Caragena weeping one might look this shape.
https://www.google.com/search?q=caragana+weeping&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt5pevqrnuAhUBolwKHaV5CW4Q_AUoAXoECBoQAw&biw=1280&bih=579
B. Or Laburnum alpinum pendulum.
https://www.google.com/search?q="laburnum+alpinum+pendulum"&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiusqiaq7nuAhVS0IUKHZ5dC1sQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq="laburnum+alpinum+pendulum"&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDIECAAQHjoECAAQQ1Di1QJYq74DYODVA2gAcAB4AIABc4gBqAKSAQMyLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ7ABAMABAQ&sclient=img&ei=1ucPYK7vA9KglwSeu63YBQ&bih=579&biw=1280&client=firefox-b-d&hl=en-US
C. Conifer Cedrus deodara pendula. ..however normally they grow into weird shapes.
https://www.esveld.nl/htmldiaen/c/cedpen.htm
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cedrus_deodara_'pendula'_(jardin_des_Plantes_d'Avranches).jpg
4. Looks like a tropical Ficus sp a fig.
Cannot think of any tree that would grow in UK to give this look.
http://blog.worldagroforestry.org/index.php/2016/09/20/fig-trees-throw-down-a-lifeline-to-a-healthier-planet/