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WHAT TREE DOES THESE SEEDS PODS COME FROM
GEORGE FRENCH
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PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TREE DOES THESE PODS COME FROM IS IT A SWEET GUM TREE THANKS GEORGE
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HI PANSYFACE YOU ARE RIGHT IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKETHEM BUT
THEY COME FROM A USA TREE MINE COMES FROM HAMPSHIRE ISLE OF WIGHT
Most of the trees in UK parks and gardens come from somewhere other than the UK
In the sticks near Peterborough
Spanish chestnut would have been my guess too.
Are the fallen leaves very hard , almost leathery?
indeed so Tetley. Which is why botanical names are so much more concise.
I remember , a million years ago, at college telling a fellow student , who couldn't remember castanea sativa to think Castanets saliva. It worked
Looks like sweet chestnut to me. Roll one under your boot to split it and see what the seeds look like. By sweet gum I presume you mean a Eucalytus. Eucalytpus pods vary in size but look nothing like that.
In America I think Sweet Gum refers to Liquidambar styraciflua.
Another reason to use latin binomial names.
I think they're sweet chestnut too - we had several trees in the grounds of the offices where I used to work - I never needed to buy chestnuts for Christmas - I miss them now
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.