Can someone please tell me what this tree is...it has catkin type flowers that are all on the grass now. I need to trim it back and am wondering if I should wait until winter time or next spring when the sap is low? Thanks
Last edited: 21 May 2017 15:13:40
This is a willow. Possibly Salix caprea.
They are the female flowers which have masses of white fluffy seeds.
All trees are better if pruned/coppiced/ cut back when they are dormant with no leaves on them.
Thanks so much! The previous owner said it was an ash but I had my doubts!
I'll trim it back in the winter then.
Thanks again
Ash trees look very different...you were right to have doubted previous owner!
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fraxinus+excelsior&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgmtj4wYHUAhViD8AKHRZqBJ8Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
Ooops ..it will not let me go back to edit.Sorry.
Can someone please tell me what this tree is...it has catkin type flowers that are all on the grass now. I need to trim it back and am wondering if I should wait until winter time or next spring when the sap is low? Thanks
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This is a willow. Possibly Salix caprea.
They are the female flowers which have masses of white fluffy seeds.
All trees are better if pruned/coppiced/ cut back when they are dormant with no leaves on them.
Thanks so much! The previous owner said it was an ash but I had my doubts!
I'll trim it back in the winter then.
Thanks again
Ash trees look very different...you were right to have doubted previous owner!
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fraxinus+excelsior&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgmtj4wYHUAhViD8AKHRZqBJ8Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fraxinus+excelsior&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgmtj4wYHUAhViD8AKHRZqBJ8Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
Ooops ..it will not let me go back to edit.Sorry.