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PLANT ID PLEASE !

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Voila:


     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."
  • That's a beautiful tree, @bédé.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited November 2022
    That's a beautiful tree
    Those who hate bonzai wouldn't say so, but it is one of my best tourist memories.  Certainly worth a detour.

    I thought of commissioning one from a British nursery.  A weeping beech on a very short stock, or preferrably on its own roots.  But never got around to it.  Rabindranath Tagore might still do it.
     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."
  • Hi Bede- love the les faux de Verzy- much nicer than the one I have.

    Hi Silver surfer and Woodgreen- Thanks for the ID's. Do you think plum or cherry ? Hope it's a plum !  I will take your advice and remove the Kilmarnock Willow or place it elsewhere. It's definitely not in the right place !
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960


    They can be so very ugly.
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    I have never seen a tree with a bowl cut before, or laughed that much at a picture of a tree!
  • It's having a bad hair day !! lol
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited November 2022
    I thought this one was the worst.
    Top part is dead!

    I got fascinated by all these ugly trees near here.

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Some bizarre specimens there @Silver surfer!

    I would think though that elsewhere there may be Kilmarnock willows that have been the gardener's choice, not imposed on them by the builders.
    Perhaps tender loving care results in a specimen that pleases the gardener's eye.
    But the photos above illustrate the weaknesses of the plant, not obvious when selecting a small specimen in the garden centre, so that's very useful.
  • I'm not sure I want to give this one tender loving care!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I took my camera this afternoon on my walk  - so that I could post a pic of this wee treasure I mentioned -

    I'm not sure which is worse though - the willow [sprouting from below the graft too ] or the plastic flowers in the pot  :D

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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