What tree have I got?

[Pigeon feather]

Today I went into my local Homebase to get my free tree for the tree o clock scheme, I found a trolley with the trees on shelves and the relevent colour coded stickers stuck on each shelf but not on the trees themselves. I wanted a silver birch but not sure I have got one! as the trees could have been moved about by people. I could identify the hawthorn as they have the thorns and also the cherry by the distinctive bark but that's as far as I could go, there was only two left of this one and it was on the purple shelf where the silver birch should be so I'll do my best to describe it! the bark is a shade of green with visible silver bumps all over it and has green buds at regular spacing across the stem, it's straight and upright and had some fine hairs visible on part of the stem, does this describe a silver birch whip? I can take a photo tommorrow if it would help.

[The Woodman]

It does sound like a young Silver Birch. A photo tomorrow would clinch it.

[Pigeon feather]

Ok, thank you here is the photo I took today, the buds are actually purple but the stem itself is green, sorry the photo quality is poor but my cameras batteries are charging and this is off my mobile hope it helps in any case!

[big bill]

Hello pigeon feather by the sounds and looking at the pic it looks like the Silver Birch

[Pigeon feather]

Thank you Bill

[Pigeon feather]

Am I right in thinking I have in fact got a Hazel now that the tree has burst into life?



P.s the location of the tree has changed since I took the first pic as I feel it didn't have enough space where I put it originally

[alinicoll]

Originally Posted by Pigeon feather

Am I right in thinking I have in fact got a Hazel now that the tree has burst into life?



P.s the location of the tree has changed since I took the first pic as I feel it didn't have enough space where I put it originally

I reckon that looks pretty hazelish.

[Deal Done]

Yeah looks like a Hazel to me although many would say the Hazel isnt as attractive as the Birch it wont grow as large as a Birch so if you have a smaller garden your onto a winner with the Hazel.

[hamadryad]

A hazel it appears to be, but i wont gaurantee this as those leaves could be juvenile foliage of birch, however the stem does match hazel too.

a fine shrubby tree that will be as broad as it is tall, though does coppice very well indeed.

a birch is one of the most suitable trees for a small garden in fact, contrary to an earlier post, they are short lived however, but last a human lifetime. about 70 years.