After a second look, I still think it's a wattle. Just to add to your Confusion, I have two 1" thick books on the various species of Acacia . if it is A melanoxylon for eg. the seed pods twist and curl and the most important identifying factor is how the seeds are held/attached. I'll get one of my books and photograph a page or so and send it shortly.
Sorry for being being distracted - watching the Tour de France (9,54pm here).
But Acacia melanoxylon is not fully hardy in the UK* ; whereabouts are you living and do you get particularly mild winters ?
* to about -5 or -6 C for relatively short times . How did it survive the winter of 2009/10 ? We had consecutive nights here of somewhere around -12 to -14 C !
Wow! I hadn't appreciated just how much expertise was out there-thank you all for taking such an interest. The acacia leaves look very similar but my tree has never produced curly twisty seed pods. From memory I think it sheds very small round brown fluffy objects after the flowers die. Hope you enjoyed the Tour de France, Pat E...
Paul, I'm in the far South East corner of England. I'm not an expert gardener so don't monitor temperatures that closely but I guess it's possible that we escaped the most severe frosts...?
Hi again. Just woken up so I checked the mail. We currently have minus 6 this morning. Not enjoying it much either. We live in the alpine region of SE NSW, so our winters are probably similar to some regions of UK.
I really think your plant is an Acacia, but the leaves look very similar to A. Melanoxylon which is one that is native to our area. The ones here on our property look like yours. There are many more Acacias that have that type of leaf, so it might be good to ask mr google for some photos of more With that type of leaf. It's defitely not a Eucalyptus.
yes, enjoyed the Tour, but felt sorry for them in the rain. Much slipping and sliding.
0Pat E: Can I break in rudely here and pick your brains on eucalyptus, as I've just posted today that I've discovered mystery seed pods in my garden are from a eucalyptus in a neighbours garden which flowered first week in June for the first year ever. Nobody knows how this tree came to be here and it's now about 50ft tall. Two years ago we had a tree surgeon take about 10ft off the top as when it was windy it was tapping on fourth floor windows quite aggressively. This may have only served to make it shoot like mad afterwards though as it has really put on top growth again. It's very beautiful and wispy in the wind, but neighbour discussion about whether to have a tree surgeon cut it down altogether or whether we just keep it are divided - and it was going to cost a lot of money. I've posted these pics on another thread today because I finally realised the hundreds of pods in my garden were from this tree. Do you know which eucalyptus it is? I'm assuming it's eucalyptus from pictures but maybe it's not really. Some of the lower leaves always turn a beautiful red from Spring, but only on the lower branches.
Thanks in advance and apologies for breaking into your topic Spikle, but too good an opportunity that Pat E is around.
This is one of the hundreds of pods which landed all over the garden all over plants and the ground.
Hmmm! Well the leaves and flowers look a bit like Snow Gum (E pauciflora). One hint is that instead of veins on the leaves coming out at an angle like normal leaves, on that one they sort of run down the length of the leaf along the mid vein. If I'm not clear, let me know and Ill send an illustration.
The gumnuts are also one of the identifying things on Eucs. The one in the last photo is too immature to tell. Also, I've never seen the leaves turn red, but I'll have a scratch around in some of my reference books.
Im happy to give my opinion, but don't take it as gospel. There are hundreds of species.
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After a second look, I still think it's a wattle. Just to add to your Confusion, I have two 1" thick books on the various species of Acacia
. if it is A melanoxylon for eg. the seed pods twist and curl and the most important identifying factor is how the seeds are held/attached. I'll get one of my books and photograph a page or so and send it shortly.
Sorry for being being distracted - watching the Tour de France (9,54pm here).
Will get back shortly.
These pods are from one of mine
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But Acacia melanoxylon is not fully hardy in the UK* ; whereabouts are you living and do you get particularly mild winters ?
* to about -5 or -6 C for relatively short times . How did it survive the winter of 2009/10 ? We had consecutive nights here of somewhere around -12 to -14 C !
Wow! I hadn't appreciated just how much expertise was out there-thank you all for taking such an interest. The acacia leaves look very similar but my tree has never produced curly twisty seed pods. From memory I think it sheds very small round brown fluffy objects after the flowers die. Hope you enjoyed the Tour de France, Pat E...
There's allot of expertise on this forum Spikle, everyone contributes their bit
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Paul, I'm in the far South East corner of England. I'm not an expert gardener so don't monitor temperatures that closely but I guess it's possible that we escaped the most severe frosts...?
Hi again. Just woken up so I checked the mail. We currently have minus 6 this morning.
Not enjoying it much either. We live in the alpine region of SE NSW, so our winters are probably similar to some regions of UK.
I really think your plant is an Acacia, but the leaves look very similar to A. Melanoxylon which is one that is native to our area. The ones here on our property look like yours. There are many more Acacias that have that type of leaf, so it might be good to ask mr google for some photos of more With that type of leaf. It's defitely not a Eucalyptus.
yes, enjoyed the Tour, but felt sorry for them in the rain. Much slipping and sliding.
0Pat E: Can I break in rudely here and pick your brains on eucalyptus, as I've just posted today that I've discovered mystery seed pods in my garden are from a eucalyptus in a neighbours garden which flowered first week in June for the first year ever. Nobody knows how this tree came to be here and it's now about 50ft tall. Two years ago we had a tree surgeon take about 10ft off the top as when it was windy it was tapping on fourth floor windows quite aggressively. This may have only served to make it shoot like mad afterwards though as it has really put on top growth again. It's very beautiful and wispy in the wind, but neighbour discussion about whether to have a tree surgeon cut it down altogether or whether we just keep it are divided - and it was going to cost a lot of money. I've posted these pics on another thread today because I finally realised the hundreds of pods in my garden were from this tree. Do you know which eucalyptus it is? I'm assuming it's eucalyptus from pictures but maybe it's not really. Some of the lower leaves always turn a beautiful red from Spring, but only on the lower branches.
This is one of the hundreds of pods which landed all over the garden all over plants and the ground.
Thanks in advance and apologies for breaking into your topic Spikle, but too good an opportunity that Pat E is around.
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Hmmm! Well the leaves and flowers look a bit like Snow Gum (E pauciflora). One hint is that instead of veins on the leaves coming out at an angle like normal leaves, on that one they sort of run down the length of the leaf along the mid vein. If I'm not clear, let me know and Ill send an illustration.
The gumnuts are also one of the identifying things on Eucs. The one in the last photo is too immature to tell. Also, I've never seen the leaves turn red, but I'll have a scratch around in some of my reference books.
Im happy to give my opinion, but don't take it as gospel. There are hundreds of species.
Apologies for not seeing your post earlier. We have an electrician working here this morning, and he periodically turns the power off.