Please can anyone identify this tree? I have one in my garden that is about 30 foot tall, I also see them out walking in a local wood and they are anything up to 40 foot tall. The flowers smell like lilac to me.
Nutcutlet gets the ID again! Yes, it's a Prunus padus, here is a lovely link that describes it in detail, right down to the two little glands on the leave (that mine have)
Cross posted! Very interesting that the Woodland Trust link calls it wild lilac, I asked a local who couldn't identify it, saying I thought it could be a 'wild lilac'
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Thank you for confirming it is a lilac, I did a little internet search and I think it could be a syringa reticulata - Japanese lilac.
The flowers in the picture above are about 3 inches long.
They don't look like lilac leaves. Could be a Prunus, P.padus maybe
In the sticks near Peterborough
Looks like a solanum to me. There is a white version when I googled it.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/learn/british-trees/native-trees/bird-cherry/
In the sticks near Peterborough
Nutcutlet gets the ID again! Yes, it's a Prunus padus, here is a lovely link that describes it in detail, right down to the two little glands on the leave (that mine have)
http://treegrowing.tcv.org.uk/identify/birdcherry
Thank you GW people, I knew you wouldn't let me down!
Cross posted! Very interesting that the Woodland Trust link calls it wild lilac, I asked a local who couldn't identify it, saying I thought it could be a 'wild lilac'
Mine is splendid this year
In the sticks near Peterborough