Indeed, but if it's blackthorn, it's worth getting it out if it's in a border. If it's blackthorn it would already have flowered, whereas it's a bit early for Pyracantha. The former isn't evergreen wither, so if @matt.clayton can give us more info, that will help too.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl. Have to disagree about the Blackthorn already flowered, ours is barely out now up here, bit more on the lower grounds though, but still only just out.
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Thanks all for comments. The leaf is 2.5cm long. The tree/plant has not flowered. It's very rapid growing next to driveway so will need to be dug up regardless. So from comments, it's either Blackthorn or Pyracantha?
I should have been more exact @Lyn - blackthorn is just starting to flower now - in the last week or so. Little bit earlier than usual I'd say, but all the hawthorn is several weeks early in greening up. It's not usually starting to green up until about now, and the flowers aren't around until mid May or so. Very weird, but the weather has been very warm, and dry here, despite the wintery stuff and frosts in the last few days. A mild winter again. Perhaps that's going to be the norm here. I'll have to move further north
@matt.clayton - pyracantha isn't that rapid, so it's far more likely to be blackthorn. They both have white flowers and then berries later in the year - blackthorn is where you get sloes from, so if you like gin - you're in there Pyracantha can have red, yellow or orange berries depending on variety. Both are great for birds and pollinators.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If the answer you want is just that the "tree" is not something you wish to keep, then you probably have all the infomation you need.
For the record, blackthorn (aka sloe) has had a funny season in the UK's soft under-belly. Some flowered weeks back, then a pause and now others are at their peak. In Roger Phillips wild flower book, I find time of flowering helpul, but it is not a definitive identifier.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The former isn't evergreen wither, so if @matt.clayton can give us more info, that will help too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Can you give us a scale for the leaf size please?
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Very weird, but the weather has been very warm, and dry here, despite the wintery stuff and frosts in the last few days. A mild winter again. Perhaps that's going to be the norm here. I'll have to move further north
@matt.clayton - pyracantha isn't that rapid, so it's far more likely to be blackthorn. They both have white flowers and then berries later in the year - blackthorn is where you get sloes from, so if you like gin - you're in there
Pyracantha can have red, yellow or orange berries depending on variety. Both are great for birds and pollinators.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
For the record, blackthorn (aka sloe) has had a funny season in the UK's soft under-belly. Some flowered weeks back, then a pause and now others are at their peak. In Roger Phillips wild flower book, I find time of flowering helpul, but it is not a definitive identifier.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."