Advice on tree proximity

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• Matty_P Posts: 64

  July 2023

  I think/hope the big tree is too far away to be a sucker if I have understood what that is correctly but basically it's a shoot from the other tree.. but it's about 37m away so assume can't be that

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• LG_ Posts: 4,360

  July 2023

  Yes, I reckon 37 metres probably means it's not a sucker! (Mine was about 10ft away). 
  
  
  
  It flowers in February / early March, ^ that's 2 March.
  
  That's mid-February:
  
  
  
  This is the colour of the leaves right now:
  
  
  

  'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'

  - Cicero

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• Matty_P Posts: 64

  July 2023

  Yes well I like that it has red leaves and a contrast against all the green in general. But yes potentially a big tree for a relatively small back garden. Hmm will have a think, its definitely a move or remove unfortunately. Thanks for all the comments

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  July 2023

  The suckers from my purple-leaved cherry plum have green leaves. Seedlings are variable (but I weed them out anyway).
  

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

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