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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Whats this tree?
« on: July 02, 2013, 09:54:23 am »
I am sure I should know what this but I don't. I have half a dozen of them in the garden. They don't seem to have any flower.
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

spandit

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • East Sussex
    • Sussex Forest Garden
Re: Whats this tree?
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 09:17:24 pm »
Willow... probably salix cinerea

I love trees in general but there's nothing rare or special about the grey willow. They tend to flower early in the Spring with yellow catkins - very pretty en masse
sussexforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Whats this tree?
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2013, 08:51:47 am »
Thanks Spandit. Now that I have double checked in my tree guide I can see that it is a willow.  There doesn't seem to be much use for it so I might chop a couple down and replace with something more productive.
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

spandit

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • East Sussex
    • Sussex Forest Garden
Re: Whats this tree?
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2013, 03:37:42 pm »
Quick growing and you can make rooting compound by soaking twigs in water but it's never going to be a glorious standard.
sussexforestgarden.blogspot.co.uk

 

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