Hi, this tree is in a neighbour’s garden. It looks like a continus / smoke bush leaf, but it’s small tree sized and a different colour to mine (the purple one).
This is mine and I have been thinking it’s a damson tree, as there is another quite close to it. No damsons though, or any other fruit or flowers. I have had this awful thought now that it’s a goat willow, as I get a lot of them shooting up.
@a1154 The first looks like Cotinus Grace. Fantastic at this time of year will rival any Acer when back lit by the sun. It has a more lax habit than the purple form
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
"Cotinus 'Grace' is a hybrid between the
American chittamwood (Cotinus obovatus) and a variety of the Venetian
sumac (C. coggygria `Velvet Cloak'). Raised by Peter Dummer, propagator
at Hillier's nursery, in Winchester, in the late 1970s and named after
his wife. It is a vigorous shrub with rounded, rich purple leaves to
10cm long, turning reddish in autumn, and large feathery deep pink
fruiting plumes. It is a 'lighter' colour than Cotinus coggygria 'Royal
Purple' and isn't as an intense purple, but more like a reddish-green;
making it easier to pair colours!"
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Your tree (2ND pic) reminds me of mine, see above thread, in case it helps you to decide!
3 and 4. Looks like a weedy willow. Salix sp. Salix caprea probably.
Cotinus obovatus would be another suggestion...details below.
https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cotinus/cotinus-obovatus/
Cotinus grace.
https://www.ballyrobertgardens.com/products/cotinus-grace
Quote from above.
"Cotinus 'Grace' is a hybrid between the American chittamwood (Cotinus obovatus) and a variety of the Venetian sumac (C. coggygria `Velvet Cloak'). Raised by Peter Dummer, propagator at Hillier's nursery, in Winchester, in the late 1970s and named after his wife. It is a vigorous shrub with rounded, rich purple leaves to 10cm long, turning reddish in autumn, and large feathery deep pink fruiting plumes. It is a 'lighter' colour than Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' and isn't as an intense purple, but more like a reddish-green; making it easier to pair colours!"
Pics below are Grace.