Can anyone identify this tree?

Not sure what it is...in fact haven't got a clue! I looked in my tree book and still clueless. It doesn't get leafy until the beginning of June and it stays green well after the leaves on the other trees have fallen off. The leaves on this tree actually don't fall off like normal ones, they die but still cling to the branches.....any help would be much appreciated! Thanks x

 

Could it be some sort of Acacia?

 

Ash Tree.

 

as above

 

Anywhere there's an Ash Tree there's normally dozens of seedlings

 

Ohhh it is definitely an ash tree then! It's my favourite tree in the garden. Thanks so much for your help everyone!!!


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I just read there that they go ENORMOUS! It's been planted in a bit of a silly place if that's the case....


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I've got one about 40 feet tall that I'm going to cut down this Autumn. My honeysuckle will have to be given something else to climb up (honeysuckle does well climbing up Ash Trees).

 

I might do that. Would you plant it right next to the tree then? Are you cutting yours down because it's too big?


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Ash is, sadly, succumbing to Ash Dieback disease, so if it is already "On the large side" cutting it down would save you from having to, if it were to die. It wouldn't become a problem immediately, but obviously once dead there would be a risk of it / branches falling etc.

Personally I would leave it until its size became a problem - a replacement is going to be 10 years before it gets to that size, and I doubt it will put on more than a foot, or so, a year - so perhaps another 10 years before it is a "problem".

 

It's too big for the garden and I want to remove it before it gets too big for me to remove it myself.

The honeysuckle was about a foot out from the trunk when it was planted, but the tree's grown and it's now right beside it. It's got about 18 feet up into he branches.

 

I was wondering about that disease. My tree isn't near any other ash trees, in fact I can't see any near by at all. Would it still perhaps get it? I did read that 75% of the ash population will get it! It seems perfectly healthy at the moment and I love where it's situated so I'll leave it for the foreseeable future. It's a real statement tree!

 

That sounds lovely! I might do that. Is there certain honeysuckle you would recommend?

 

Can't remember the name (if I ever knew it), just get a tall growing variety. And when the flowers look like getting above nose height layer some cuttings and start some fresh plants. The flowers on mine are now about 12 feet up and not so noticeable as I walk past morning/evening.