.Thanks Nut I had a closer look at tree today and there are suckers around base with hawthorn leaves (see sprig) but the tree has the leaves of another (see leaf). Anyone know why this would happen?
I'm sure I bought it as a hawthorn many years ago. It's not a nice shape/leans to the right/rubbish hard blackish fruit and blossom not that spectacular. It just hides the houses at the back so if I chopped it down would need something fast growing.
If you get a fast growing tree, it can be a tree that gets out of hand very quickly.
If you already have hawthorn suckers growing around the base of your unloved tree, providing they are healthy you could just let some of those grow up to form a hedge and get rid of the tree you dislike so much.
Dovefromabove - pic of my tree in blossom (which is covered in bees right now). Lots of suckers at bottom with typical hawthorn leaves but tree leaves are quite different. See earlier pic. Be grateful for any ideas as to why leaves have changed shape and why leaf dieback? Thanks
I think your top growth tree has been grafted onto a hawthorn root which is now growing. That explains the different leaves but I'm no nearer an ID for what has been grafted on
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.Thanks Nut
I had a closer look at tree today and there are suckers around base with hawthorn leaves (see sprig) but the tree has the leaves of another (see leaf). Anyone know why this would happen?
Ah, fancy cultivar of something grafted on to hawthorn rootstock. Still can't see what the something is but it must be fairly closely related.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm sure I bought it as a hawthorn many years ago. It's not a nice shape/leans to the right/rubbish hard blackish fruit and blossom not that spectacular. It just hides the houses at the back so if I chopped it down would need something fast growing.
If you get a fast growing tree, it can be a tree that gets out of hand very quickly.
If you already have hawthorn suckers growing around the base of your unloved tree, providing they are healthy you could just let some of those grow up to form a hedge and get rid of the tree you dislike so much.
yes good point Ceres - I do like the cornus controversa variegata but haven't got the bank balance for a mature specimen
Dovefromabove - pic of my tree in blossom (which is covered in bees right now). Lots of suckers at bottom with typical hawthorn leaves but tree leaves are quite different. See earlier pic. Be grateful for any ideas as to why leaves have changed shape and why leaf dieback? Thanks
I think your top growth tree has been grafted onto a hawthorn root which is now growing. That explains the different leaves but I'm no nearer an ID for what has been grafted on
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Nut - ah well the bees are enjoying it - they are that loud it sounds like the tree is buzzing when I walk past