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Can anyone identify this tree in dd’s garden?

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MiniMoon Mon 18-May-20 13:04:49

Witzend, try comparing your photo with a picture of a dotted hawthorn. It looks very similar to me, it's a North American tree.
leafsnap.com/species/Crataegus%20punctata/

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EllanVannin Mon 18-May-20 12:46:27

It looks like a rhododendron flower. There are loads of different rhododendron plants.

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Witzend Mon 18-May-20 12:24:30

Thanks, both. However it’s def. not a viburnum, I have one in the garden and there are more nearby so I know what that looks like.

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Whitewavemark2 Mon 18-May-20 12:09:21

Viburnum I think. Look it up.

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Fennel Mon 18-May-20 11:56:22

I've never seen it before, but the shiny leaves look like magnolia.
Hawthorn leaves are smaller and not shiny - we used to eat them.

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Witzend Mon 18-May-20 11:34:30
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I’ve looked in my Tree and Shrub expert book, but still not sure. Dd thinks it could be some kind of hawthorn - blossom does look similar - but the berries are unlike the 2 hawthorns we have - a different, more pinky red and slightly bigger - and they fall off the tree in vast numbers, rather than mostly staying on for the birds to eat.
It’s relatively small and a neat shape, and alive with bees on the blossom at the moment.,

The garden was mature when they moved in, and the former owner was a v keen gardener who planted a lot of unusual things.

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