Another one - some kind of tree remnants?

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  1. Fat Controller

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    We've got the below growing at the front of the house - other than being deciduous, I have no idea what it is, or even if it should be kept or dug out and replaced with something a little more interesting :wisteria in the eyes: :biggrin:

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    Looks like a Hazel to me, i may be wrong
     
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    I cannot decide which it looks like more, one of the limes or a hornbeam.

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    Leaves look a bit big for Hazel so i'd lean towards Lime as well.
     
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    Would you leave alone then?
     
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    I'll go with Hazel (probably planted by a mouse). I've just been into the garden for a twig:

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    I think the planting may be deliberate, as its got its own wee area left out where the front has been laid to slabs; any risk to the building from the roots?
     
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    I'd go for Hazel as well.

    If you look under the leaves, are the branches twisted?
     
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    Good point about the underside. This is what Hazel looks like ('scuse my aphids). Note the hairy stems:

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    No, they are quite straight. When it stops raining, I'll try and get a closer picture.
     
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    Just thought it might be a corkscrew hazel underneath (I have one on which the grafted stock has overtaken the twisted bit and on the outside it looks like yours but bigger).

    If it's Corylus avellana it will grow to 12 - 15 metres, so I'd move it from where it is, especially since it's multi stemmed and will send up shoots.
     
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    Good grief - 12 to 15 metres! If it is proven to be that, its days are numbered! I notice from a quick google that most of the images are showing a nut/seed - is that the easiest way to fully identify this one? (never thought I'd see the day when I would say that I would wait to see something's nuts before killing it! :biggrin:)

    Are they hard to dig out?
     
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      They need to be a few years old before they start producing nuts.
       
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      If it is a hazel, then those will be hazel nuts (funnily enough) :snork:
       
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      Won't be waiting that long then - I'll get another photo later when the rain has gone, just to make sure what it is before I go planning its demise.
       
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