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Tree I.D

ValleysgirlValleysgirl Posts: 344
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Last weekend while staying with son in Newark-on-Trent we had a walk around the local Lake came across what me and my OH didn’t have a clue was. Several Trees the same , about 12 ft tall and whispy like with what we think looked like willow leaves and green fruits/berries , Stumped !

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  • ValleysgirlValleysgirl Posts: 344
    Oops , sideways again ! .
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Weeping Silver-leafed Pear, Pyrus salicifolia pendula


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • ValleysgirlValleysgirl Posts: 344
    Oh wow Thankyou Nutcutlet ! It’s been bugging me and my OH as we THINK we can identify most plants/flowers by now. Learnt a new one now ,you are a font of knowledge Nutcutlet !many thanks from a happy Gardner here in Sunny south-easy Wales .
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited October 2022
    I thought of growing one as hardier than an olive tree.  Eleagnus angustifola "Quicksilver" was another candidate.  But now i have an olive tree and it has survived happily the last 3 winters here.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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