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What tree is this....

Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267
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What tree is this. If you zoom in it's the one with new  furry buds. It's growing next to a blueberry bush. I can't beleive I missed it last year, I thought the birds had got to the blueberries before me...clearly it's a different tree...😁


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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Agreed.  It'll get huge if you leave it...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267
    I wonder how it got there,  there aren't any pussy willows near by or on the allotments, thanks for identifying it 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The fluffy  seeds drift on the breeze for miles. 

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





  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267
    The tree is in a container and growing along side a bluberry bush. 

    If it was transplanted would it grow ok for a few years in a pot. Just checked out images of weeping willows, it looks to be a nice tree.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    It's not a weeping willow though, it's very upright. 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267
    It has been pruned like a blueberry bush would be, I suspect it's been there at least a couple of years, so if it isn't a willow what is it?

    I get squirrels planting things, and come a cross oak seedlings 😁 
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Zoomer44 said:
    It has been pruned like a blueberry bush would be, I suspect it's been there at least a couple of years, so if it isn't a willow what is it?

    I get squirrels planting things, and come a cross oak seedlings 😁 
    It is a Willow. It's not a Weeping Willow. There are two plants referred to as weeping willow, the big ones by rivers, Salix babylonica and the little ones for gardens, Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock'. The later has a weeping top grafted onto an upright rootstock. You probably have the upright rootstock, it won't weep, pruned or not


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There are many types of willow aka Salix. Weeping willows are just one sort … https://www.treeguideuk.co.uk/willows/ 

    My bet is that yours is Salix caprea, the Goat Willow. The fluffy seeds drift for miles on the breeze and often establish themselves in pots and containers. If you have several acres of wildlife garden they can be very useful tree … if you have a ‘normal’ sized garden they quickly grow too big for their space and produce loads of seeds that populate your garden and those of your neighbours, and you’ll spend all your time pulling them out. 

    Also, because they’re willows, their roots seek out water and invade drains, gutters and pipes … sometimes causing expensive damage. 

    Don’t say you weren’t warned 😉 


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





  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267
    Dove please explain how a tree in  pot will invade drains etc.. I'm perplexed...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As @pansyface has explained … the roots of native willow varieties won’t stay confined in a pot for long. 

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





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