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Mystery Tree

CherylacCherylac Posts: 6
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Six months ago I moved from a large town with a 10ft x 10ft garden, to rural Norfolk to be with my partner. I now live on an acre of which 3/4 is the back garden. My partner has never been interested in gardening, so other that mowing the lawn, and pruning a hedge in the font garden, he's basically left everything else. At the weekend, we uncovered this tree when we removed the Elderberry trees around it (we still have plenty more). Can someone help me identify what it is? We have no idea what it is, or how it should be looked after! We're trying desperately hard to get the garden sorted.

Thanks, Cheryl

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  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511

    It's a prunus but hard for me to tell which one from these pictures.

    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396

    Cherry?image

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    I think it's too early for cherry. Cherry plum (myrobalan) or Damson possibly. They are both in flower here in the east midlands.

  • Janie4Janie4 Posts: 15

    Looks like a bird cherry Prunus avium. Lovely wild looking thing with a sweet scent and flowers early - it is in flower in Dublin now.

  • JennyinDundeeJennyinDundee Posts: 19

    Most likely to be cherry plum, I'd think. Lovely, anyway! And lucky you to have so much garden!

  • CherylacCherylac Posts: 6
    It's basically lawn with trees around the edges (apart from the "orchard" we just planted and my first veg patch. I always dreamed of living in the country and keeping chickens for eggs, never dreamed it would happen, but I'm so happy it has! Mark is into falconry so we also have 5 owls in aviaries. We have conifers and poplars all along one edge. Conifers 40ft+ and poplars 60ft+. The end of the garden (overlooking a wheat field) is a "hedge" of elderberries, although we want to remove a lot of those and replace with a mixed hedge. The other side is a mix of conifers and elderberries, with some new holly planted that filled a gap with. We have more elderberries in the front garden too, there's around 50 elderberry trees in total, and that's after we've got rid of quite a few!! I'm excited about slowly transforming the garden into a place we look forward to spending time, and getting enjoyment from, rather than just going out there to look after the animals! There is already a pear and a cherry tree, but we've just planted another pear, 3 plums and 2 apples, as well as some soft fruit. We have blackberries everywhere, and just planted 2 blackcurrant's and a tayberry, and have 3 loganberries on their way! Can you tell I'm just a tiny bit excited?! LOL
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    You could start an elderflower champagne factory!!image

  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511

    Owls are much happier NOT in aviaries.

    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • JennyinDundeeJennyinDundee Posts: 19

    Fantastic, Cherylac! Enjoy the space!

    And that really is a lot of elder bushes... all native, or are some more 'ornamental' ones? The woodland behind my garden has loads of elder, and I've a couple of native ones and one 'black lace', all quite small still as it's still a 'new' garden here. Just a fraction of your size though image

    On the owls, they'd be happier not in aviaries if they are native owls but yours may very likely be not?

  • CherylacCherylac Posts: 6
    Canadian Great Horned, and they are purpose built and huge. They aren't wild ones that have been captured, and they're flown. My partner has kept birds of prey for about 30 years, he knows what he's doing ????
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