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SHRUBS/TREES ID PLEASE

Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
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The first one has been pot bound for a very long time along with a photinia. The photinia is doing well but what the other one is I have no idea. It was given to me rather than it being thrown away. Just wanted to know if it was worth caring for.

This next one I could have bought and forgotten about as it does have a good root system and is now on it's second year or is it something I could do without?



Any ideas would be appreciated. Can't correct the position of the photos sorry as the way they were sent won't allow any changes. 
Thank you.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The first looks like a hebe. 

    The second looks like a Goat Willow … Salix caprea.  I’d get rid of that asap. 

    😊 

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





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    @Dovefromabove has just said what I was going to say. Keep the first, throw away the goat willow.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not often I beat you to it @Busy-Lizzie 😉 

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





  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    Thank you @Dovefromabove and @Busy-Lizzie. Good to have some information. Is there any way of narrowing down the name of the hebe or should I just be patient and wait to see how it responds to some tic ?
    I didn't think the goat willow (pussy willow?) would be one to get rid of but it seems the popular advice. Don't know why but it takes me back to my childhood so maybe it was popular all those years ago.
    Many thanks for helping out.  :)
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Sorry, I can't name the hebe. I've tried several here in Dordogne and they always die in the cold winters here so I've given up.

    Goat willow does have the lovely, soft, silver catkins that I loved too as a child, but it will grow into a tree that is too big for most gardens, it seeds itself and it forms a mass of spreading roots if the ground is wet. If you have a big garden and you want it then keep it, it's very good for wildlife.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Fran IOM said:
    Thank you @Dovefromabove and @Busy-Lizzie. Good to have some information. Is there any way of narrowing down the name of the hebe or should I just be patient and wait to see how it responds to some tic ?
    I didn't think the goat willow (pussy willow?) would be one to get rid of but it seems the popular advice. Don't know why but it takes me back to my childhood so maybe it was popular all those years ago.
    Many thanks for helping out.  :)
    1.Hebe...need to know colour of flowers to begin to take id any further.
    There are lots of options. see link

    http://www.hebesoc.org/hebes_atoz/hebes_atoz.htm

    2. Salix caprea...common name goat willow.
    They grow HUGE.
    Recommend that you remove it sooner than later!
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    @Busy-Lizzie Thanks for your input. After that I have decided the goat willow is going! As much as there would be room for it I don't like the idea of the spreading roots. I'm sure the wildlife won't miss it as there are plenty of other things for them.  :)

    @Silver surfer  Thank you for the link. I shall just have to be patient and although I don't think it will be flowering this year maybe I will be able to name it next year. As 
    mentioned above the goat willow is going!  :)

    So glad I posted this thread as I think it has probably saved me some heartache in the future. 
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