What tree is this ?.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  April 2023

  I think it's a Ceanothus that has been very badly butchered into a blob shape.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  April 2023

  Ceanothus

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• gem82.parsons Posts: 17

  April 2023

  Ok thank you we've recently moved in too a new place and didn't have a clue what it was. 

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• gem82.parsons Posts: 17

  April 2023

  Is it worth just getting rid off ?.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2023

  gem82.parsons said:

  Is it worth just getting rid off ?.

  Please wait.
  See the flowers...then decide.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=Ceanothus+flowers&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR9daw643-AhUyoFwKHbvEDWQQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw
  
  I am not a fan of the blue flowers of Ceanothus..but others love them.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  April 2023

  gem82.parsons said:

  Is it worth just getting rid off ?.

  I personally would get rid of it, considering its unshapely shape and the fact that those plants are prone to sudden death anyway. But it's your choice.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  April 2023

  I love Ceanothus but I agree that's not the prettiest specimen. In a new garden you don't have to keep anything you don't like, but if you don't need that spot for something else you could wait and see how it develops when left alone for a bit. It looks quite old so it might not live for many more years anyway, so don't feel bad if you decide to get rid.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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