Hi everyone, I have noticed catkins on an old shrub in our new garden which I don't recognise. Taking a few pictures, I wondered if anyone could identify it please, it is around 2.5 Meters tall with a slender trunk and doesn't seem to be a willow.
Thanks in advance
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Hard to be sure against the light
You may have some sort of magnolia there
In the sticks near Peterborough
I think nut is right - those look like magnolia flowerbuds rather than catkins. And a lot of them, too - you could be in for quite a treat come spring!
Not catkins, perhaps you meant pussy willow. But not that either, agree with nut and Bob.
It would be lovely if you showed us a picture when they open
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Magnolia, yes of course, didn't think of it. Maybe due to it's growing shape that is tall and cylindrical has me confused. I will post pictures when flowers open. Thank you all.
Steve.
Some of the newer cultivars do grow that way. I have one called 'Satisfaction' that does and I believe another is called 'Susan'. Useful because they flower much quicker than some older varieties and don't take up too much space.