| | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
1
|
2
| |
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
| |
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
| |
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
| |
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|  » Stats |
Members: 50,176
Threads: 82,403
Posts: 853,621
Top Poster: glsammy (15,069)
| | Welcome to our newest member, Songbirdsteve | |  | | 
04-05-2009, 10:10 PM
|  | New Member | | Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 6
| | | Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
I'm trying to ID a tree growing in my garden. I don't know how to attach a photo on this forum so I will try my best to describe. Currently it is about 25-30 feet wide and tall. Not a single trunk but 4 individual trunks growing up then winding sideways then up, the largest trunk around 4 inch diameter the smaller ones around 2. It looks like a massive waving umbrella shape. The leaves are green smooth long and pointed about an inch wide to 3 - 4 inch long. They have tiny white flowers right now but they fall like snow in the wind. No berries or buds. It goes totally bald in the winter. branches are all spindly. Its getting quite out of hand but I love the look of it so want to know the best way to control it. |
05-05-2009, 04:40 AM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,610
| |  Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
I'm afraid we'll need a photo to ID this I think! |
05-05-2009, 02:10 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Preston in NW
Posts: 3,698
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Pyracantha? |
05-05-2009, 02:14 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants.
Posts: 11,628
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Sounds like a Spirea to me as a pyracantha is evergreen.  |
05-05-2009, 02:21 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Meols, Wirral
Posts: 1,508
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayleigh  Sounds like a Spirea to me as a pyracantha is evergreen. | ?? All the spiraea plants I have seen have had pink flowers, not white; also leaves rather broad lanceolate, more than an inch wide.
We need a picture bigliz! |
05-05-2009, 02:22 PM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants.
Posts: 11,628
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Quote:
Originally Posted by treecreeper ?? All the spiraea plants I have seen have had pink flowers, not white; also leaves rather broad lanceolate, more than an inch wide.
We need a picture bigliz! | Mines white  
and looks like this... http://www.veseys.com/ca/en/images/p...large/2619.jpg
This is the only one I can think of and yes we need a pic.
Last edited by Kayleigh; 05-05-2009 at 02:35 PM.
|
05-05-2009, 02:38 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Meols, Wirral
Posts: 1,508
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayleigh | I've learned something...I've just looked in Stace (New Flora of the British Isles). He lists more than a dozen naturalised or casual Spiraeas including several with white petals. The white petalled ones are:
Pale Bridewort, S. alba
Himalayan Spiraea, S. canescens
Elm-Leaved Spiraea, S. chamaedryfolia
Russian Spiraea, S. media
Van Houtte's Spiraea, S. x vanhouttei
Bridal-spray S. thunbergii x S. x multiflora |
05-05-2009, 02:43 PM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants.
Posts: 11,628
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Quote:
Originally Posted by treecreeper I've learned something...I've just looked in Stace (New Flora of the British Isles). He lists more than a dozen naturalised or casual Spiraeas including several with white petals. The white petalled ones are:
Pale Bridewort, S. alba
Himalayan Spiraea, S. canescens
Elm-Leaved Spiraea, S. chamaedryfolia
Russian Spiraea, S. media
Van Houtte's Spiraea, S. x vanhouttei
Bridal-spray S. thunbergii x S. x multiflora | Like you say though the leaves look wrong.
See what bigliz says  |
05-05-2009, 02:46 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 6
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Guys, I must be dumb I just can't seem to work out how to attach a photo! Any idea please? |
05-05-2009, 02:50 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Preston in NW
Posts: 3,698
| | | Re: Id a tree/shrub growing in my garden
Quote:
Originally Posted by bigliz Guys, I must be dumb I just can't seem to work out how to attach a photo! Any idea please? | See this thread. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...otos-info.html | | | |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
| | | 26 members and 268 guests | | Anzu, artdemole, barquar, briar rose, chrisjohnson, d c, Deb London, earthdragon64, Ferret, GuyF, htcdude, Indian Joe, Johnny81, Kevin Lawson, Ladywell, Malthusius, Pete Collins, revkkah, RichardB, scamps180, silverfox4242, Sofija, speyghillie, Stan35, waxcap, ~T~ | » New Wildlife Posts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | » New Environment Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Activity Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Community Posts | | |  Spammers! Yesterday 01:53 PM 8 Replies, 193 Views | | | | | |
