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Can someone tell me the name of this tree, please

(36 Posts)
grandtanteJE65 Mon 12-Jun-23 13:21:23

Just that please.

A friend suggested Frangula, but that is supposed to be a bush or shrub and this is a tree with very smooth bark and it is over twelve metres tall.

It has small hard fruit that resemble very small cherries and which are nearly black in colour. I doubt they are edible, as not even the birds seem to be keen on them.

The soil it grows in is damp with a lot of clay in it and the tree is in shade nearly all day.

Baggs Sun 18-Jun-23 10:52:06

Clusters of elder flowers are flat-topped. The clusters in the OP's picture are roughly cone-shaped, as are those of bird cherry and cherry laurel.

chicken Sun 18-Jun-23 08:43:05

It looks like cherry Laurel to me. We have one in full bloom right now. It's 30 ft tall, dark evergreen leaves and covered in creamy white tassels of fragrant tiny blooms. In the autumn there are cherry sized black fruits. The bark is smooth.

Mallin Sun 18-Jun-23 02:58:52

62Granny: It looks like an elder to me too

Gundy Sun 18-Jun-23 00:09:23

Whatever it is it’s beautiful. I love ornamental (if you can call it ornamental) trees like that. I hope it does not litter the yard too much when molting, shedding or changing seasons.

Let’s plant more trees, everywhere!
Cheers!
USA Gundy

25Avalon Sat 17-Jun-23 21:24:11

As I posted earlier Bird Cherry is not evergreen but Cherry Laurel is.

Callistemon21 Sat 17-Jun-23 21:15:04

Is it evergreen?

That could help to identify it.

Callistemon21 Sat 17-Jun-23 21:13:36

25Avalon

Not Elder or Bay. I have both.

No, not a bay, the flowers are different.

Nor elder.

LJP1 Sat 17-Jun-23 19:14:02

Bird cherry, I think. There are some lovely ones by the Church just up the road to the right of Eustan Station, if you happen to know that area. It's great for bees and birds certainly eat the 'cherries'.

Keffie12 Sat 17-Jun-23 16:37:57

I did a Google image reverse. It is saying this.

It is a Prunus Padus, known as bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry, or Mayday tree. It can grow up to 16 feet tall

25Avalon Sat 17-Jun-23 16:24:25

Not Elder or Bay. I have both.

62Granny Sat 17-Jun-23 14:28:45

It looked like an Elder the flowers are white and the berries that come after are purplish black, do the flowers smell a bit like cats pee ?

Callistemon21 Sat 17-Jun-23 14:02:17

Bay tree:

Callistemon21 Sat 17-Jun-23 13:59:33

AreWeThereYet

It looks a lot like the laurel in our neighbour's garden, which is about 20 ft tall and currently spreading 6 ft over their fence. It has black fruits later that the wood pigeons eat and then splat all over our drive.

That's why I thought it could be Itea Henry's Garnet ilicifolia - Virginian Willow because the leaves look similar to laurel or bay.

Our bay tree has white flowers but they in smaller clusters.

AreWeThereYet Sat 17-Jun-23 13:37:58

It looks a lot like the laurel in our neighbour's garden, which is about 20 ft tall and currently spreading 6 ft over their fence. It has black fruits later that the wood pigeons eat and then splat all over our drive.

Rainnsnow Sat 17-Jun-23 11:47:57

It is a black cherry according to my recognition app on my iPhone.

Gwyllt Wed 14-Jun-23 12:59:54

Looks like bird cherry to me also. I have one in garden too. As it fell down when we moved in the shoots from the base have flowered for the first year. Eagerly awaiting to see the fruit as a saw on net you can make a liquor in a similar fashion to sloe gin

Callistemon21 Wed 14-Jun-23 11:11:22

Is it "Itea Henry's Garnet ilicifolia - Virginian Willow"?

www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/itea-henrys-garnet-ilicifolia-virginian-willow?fee=2&irclickid=U5CR0k0ODxyPRPB3CHVNZzC%3AUkF0-HX9E3P93A0&irgwc=1&Source=Im&utm_source=Impact&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=1812968

midgey Wed 14-Jun-23 10:08:51

There is a local overgrown laurel that is taller than the house it grows near. I’m not sure they ever stop going up unless they are cut back. I think it looks like laurel.

Katie59 Wed 14-Jun-23 08:57:20

Probably Cherry Laurel, very unusual to get to 12m - 40ft often used for hedging, leaves are poisonous as all Laurels

25Avalon Wed 14-Jun-23 08:19:10

If it’s a Laurel tree the leaves will be evergreen. If it’s British Bird Cherry it is deciduous as is the Virginia Bird Cherry also called Chokeberry, native to the US, whose leaves turn red in Autumn before falling. So come the Autumn you will know.

Coolgran65 Wed 14-Jun-23 08:12:57

It looks very like my Portuguese Laurel which is in bloom at present. Mine is in a large pot on my patio.

Juliet27 Wed 14-Jun-23 08:08:32

How about Prunus Virginiana Schubert Virginia Bird Cherry

www.paramountplants.co.uk/large-image/pvs/prunus-virginiana-schubert.html

25Avalon Wed 14-Jun-23 08:01:19

Cherry laurel or Portugal laurel, probably the former. It is not Bird Cherry as some have suggested - I have one of these in my garden and it flowered back in April.

grandtanteJE65 Tue 13-Jun-23 16:46:03

Thanks, I believe it is bird cherry - it is most certainly a tree not a shrub and the flowers and fruit are different from the ones on our laurel bush.

NotSpaghetti Mon 12-Jun-23 18:10:55

If you google "laurel blossom" you may be able to compare.

My laurel is not so tall and spreads outwards more.