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treehugger80
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I've inherited an allotment as part of job to use for a project, there is a small orchard that has been planted sometime in the last two or three years going by the size of the trees,
this tree however I can't identify, at first it though it was a medlar, but the leaves don't feel right, a little voice in the back of my head is telling me its a magnolia? any thoughts
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Well the leaves are definitely magnolia-like but could it be a cherry tree as it is growing in the allotment?
its not a cherry as the barks not right, to be honest the person who had the allotment before me was not a grower, the full site was covered in plastic and he's planted potatoes thru slits in it (the full site), but then never harvested so this spring there were potatoes popping up everywhere!
i'm still thinking magnolia unless anyone has any other ideas?
could we see a bit more of it please?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Can't see much of it - but what about quince?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I thought quince too when I first saw it, but i'm sure quinces are supposed to have spikes (like pears do sometimes) and this is free of spines/spikes.
I'm over at the allotment tomorrow, what picture do you think would help?
the shape of the tree as a whole plant, more leaves showing how they're arranged on a branch, buds
In the sticks near Peterborough
Think the spikes arrive as the tree matures - if it's a quince yours may be too young.
Last edited: 27 July 2016 10:39:00
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
shape of the tree might be a problem, like I said the previous owner was not a gardener and everything had just been snipped it rather than pruned properly.
i'll see what I can get tomorrow.
is this an ok pic of the buds?
The way the topmost leaf is 'unrolling' makes me pretty sure it's a magnolia. I don't know any other tree which grows that way.