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Alex_

  • Joined Jul 2016
what is this plant please?
« on: April 15, 2020, 09:30:32 pm »
Hi,
What is this? I think it might be a tree but i am not sure.
Thank you for any help

arobwk

  • Joined Nov 2015
  • Kernow: where 2nd-home owners rule !
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2020, 09:42:35 pm »
Tough one so early in spring growth, but I'm going to place a 10 penny bet on it being some sort of willow !?








Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2020, 09:50:18 pm »
Hydrangea?

arobwk

  • Joined Nov 2015
  • Kernow: where 2nd-home owners rule !
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2020, 10:10:47 pm »
Hydrangea?


Naagh !  But now it is really worth a 10p bet because you had me wondering a moment, but I'm still saying willow  :) .
A week or so will confirm. 
« Last Edit: April 15, 2020, 11:15:55 pm by arobwk »

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2020, 11:38:52 pm »
It's a 'wait and see' plant - wait until it does something like flower, then see what it is.
"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

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chrismahon

  • Joined Dec 2011
  • Gascony, France
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2020, 06:48:32 am »
We have wild plum and damson here and the leaves look very similar- that's my 10p guess.

Possum

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Somerset
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2020, 07:54:08 am »
Buddleia?

Alex_

  • Joined Jul 2016
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2020, 09:50:32 am »
Thanks for the ideas. Guess I will wait and see before I pull it or not.

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
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Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2020, 04:56:45 pm »
My 10p guess is elder  :coat:
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

arobwk

  • Joined Nov 2015
  • Kernow: where 2nd-home owners rule !
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2020, 04:32:38 pm »
Buddleia?

My resolve is weakened by your suggestion Possum (& your's chrismahon), but this far on with a 10p bet there's no going back.   :)
« Last Edit: April 17, 2020, 04:52:26 pm by arobwk »

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2020, 06:37:12 pm »
Buddleia?
That's what I thought but would rather vote for hydrangea .
You cant be sure from the picture I'm afraid.
I can be sure that the goats would eat it in no time  ;D
Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.

arobwk

  • Joined Nov 2015
  • Kernow: where 2nd-home owners rule !
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2020, 04:26:02 pm »
Any chance of photographic update [member=162324]Alex_[/member]  ??

(I need to know whether I ought, perhaps, budget for a pay-out on 10p bets.  LOL)

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
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Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2020, 09:24:54 pm »
I've had another look at it and come to the conclusion it's hydrangea - one reason is that my friend says they are very easy to propagate - so it's probably self seeded.  I'm going to take a bit off my huge hydrangea at the front door and  try it
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Alex_

  • Joined Jul 2016
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2020, 09:53:56 am »
It hasn't done a lot but it is in an unused bed (disappointing germination rates this year)

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: what is this plant please?
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2020, 02:16:56 pm »
Oh well, it is a goat willow after all....

 

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