Tree view
(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/P6070155b.jpg)
Branch view
(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/P6070135b.jpg)
Leaf / flower view (just finished flowering, in late May)
(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/P6070141b.jpg)
Any ideas ??
Is it a sweet chestnut?
an enormous Portuguese Laurel?
Unfortunately, neither.
Castanea sativa - has much longer leaves, fruits in the autumn (conker like structures, but more hairy) and has a distinctive spiral the the bark. none of which this tree has/does.
- it is dicidious though, has a smooth gray bark and is a fast grower.
Prunus lusitanica - the branches would be less woody and have the distictive red colouring. I also think the leaves would feel thicker, much more like a laurocerasus, but about the same size.
March 2004
(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/BackLHSSq5.jpg)
March 2006 (after severe pruning)
(http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/PeskiWabbit/P4110122.jpg)
I've got something that looks exactly like this but is evergreen, it survived being pulled out with a tractor and dumped ready to go to the tip, when the time came we realised it had rerooted itself........I assumed it was a sort of laurel, are there any deciduous ones?
It does look very like a cherry laurel to me too.
This is the bird cherry, Prunus padus. I think it might be the cultivar Wateiri (sp?) which has larger flowers than usual.
Quote from: campanula on June 15, 2010, 18:10:00
This is the bird cherry, Prunus padus. I think it might be the cultivar Wateiri (sp?) which has larger flowers than usual.
I think your right. Well done and thanks to all.