I bought it about 3 years ago as Clerodendrum bungei but it soon became clear that it wasn't. The leaves are quite leathery, it has never flowered and is growing well in my chalky soil.
I vote for hazel too in which case it might cause problems being so close to the fence. If you want to keep it for the foliage you will have to coppice it every 2/3 years.
I agree with Nutcutlet, I have had one for 7 years and this is the first year that it is full of blossom. I am eagerly looking forward to the stunning berries in their scarlet calyxes. They dry beautifully and retain their colour too.
This is Davidia involucrata, the Handkerchief Tree. It's a georgeous tree but it does take a while before you can enjoy it's flowers ( which look like small handkerchiefs), about ten years!!
If you want to keep the tree it would be advisable to move it from that spot because it will eventually reach to 12 m/ 38 ft. You can, of course, keep it at the height it is now, but in that case you'll hardly get any flowers at all. If you wish to move it, you can do so after the leaves have fallen but make sure that there's a rootball of about 50 cm in diameter, otherwise the roots might possibly dry out.
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Hazel?
I vote for hazel too in which case it might cause problems being so close to the fence. If you want to keep it for the foliage you will have to coppice it every 2/3 years.
not hazel, the leaves are wrong and the leaf stalks too long.. Hazel is a much coarser loking shrub.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Looks a lot like Hornbeam.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thankyou all but it is not a hazel or a hornbeam.
I don't know Viburnum dentatum but did wonder about one of the viburnums
In the sticks near Peterborough
Definitely not Hazel or Hornbeam.
All Viburnum have opposite leaves... so that rules that out.
I believe it is a Corylopsis. Possibly one such as Corylopsis spicata.
Wait a bit longer .. it should develop pale yellow flowers in the spring.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=corylopsis+spicata&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=kmI_UqLjI6fP0QX8sYDgCA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=874&dpr=1
that sounds nice, but perhaps not if you wanted the clerodendrum.
my C. trichotomum is having a good year, building up for a great fruiting
In the sticks near Peterborough
I agree with Nutcutlet, I have had one for 7 years and this is the first year that it is full of blossom. I am eagerly looking forward to the stunning berries in their scarlet calyxes. They dry beautifully and retain their colour too.
This is Davidia involucrata, the Handkerchief Tree. It's a georgeous tree but it does take a while before you can enjoy it's flowers ( which look like small handkerchiefs), about ten years!!
If you want to keep the tree it would be advisable to move it from that spot because it will eventually reach to 12 m/ 38 ft. You can, of course, keep it at the height it is now, but in that case you'll hardly get any flowers at all. If you wish to move it, you can do so after the leaves have fallen but make sure that there's a rootball of about 50 cm in diameter, otherwise the roots might possibly dry out.