winter tree ID

thebeard · #1 (**permalink**) 01-02-2010, 01:10 PM

hello
i'm starting a little project where i'm gathering cuttings from various trees to see if i can grow some on of my own. i've already got a couple of little trees which i've had for a few years in pots, but now i'm expanding my collection.

i've got a couple which i got yesterday and was wondering if anyone could help me id them

the first one i think is goat willow, i've got another one which i got a while ago and i think its the same

as for the second one i couldn't really ID it properly, nearest i got was small leaved lime but i'm not convinced

any help would be appreciated

Lance Morgan · #2 (**permalink**) 01-02-2010, 02:06 PM

1. Sycamore
2. Sallow

thebeard · #3 (**permalink**) 01-02-2010, 02:37 PM

cheers i've just realised my mistake about the first one as it has opposite buds, which is wrong for goat willow(or any willow for that matter) i'm a bit dubious about it being sycamore though as the buds aren't green as they are for sycamore. it must be a kind of maple though.

loripo · #4 (**permalink**) 01-02-2010, 04:18 PM

I grew a snip of Yew tree - I found it by a path and it had a heel, so I put it into a small propagator in a cool place and left it apart from a little water from time to time. It took ages to start growing, but is now a ten foot high tree in my friends garden. A lot of very interesting tiny ferns and mosses grew alongside it and I left those around it when it had to be potted on.

Lance Morgan · #5 (**permalink**) 01-02-2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by thebeard

cheers i've just realised my mistake about the first one as it has opposite buds, which is wrong for goat willow(or any willow for that matter) i'm a bit dubious about it being sycamore though as the buds aren't green as they are for sycamore. it must be a kind of maple though.

Purple willow has

Don't see what else the first can be unless a hybrid of some sort.