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phildigphildig Posts: 55
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Hello and thank you for reading this message.
We've moved home. The property was empty for five years. We'd like to get on with the gardening but there are a few species around that we don't know and would like to find out before doing anything with them. Do you know what these are please?
1) tree that appears to have grown up in the middle of the lawn during the last five years. Photo attached is of some branch cuttings.
2) plant in border that grows up the wall like ivy.
Thank you.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,766
    No 1 might be Euonymus Elatus 
    No 2 looks like Hydrangea Petiolaris
    Devon.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 35,832
    Morning phildig, your top picture looks like Broom (Cytisus scoparius). I'm not too sure about the bottom picture but it could be a Weigela.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    I thought no1 looked like a cytisus (broom) ?
    Agree no2 is a climbing hydrangea.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 35,832
    Yay Kitty, I think you nailed the second one. I hadn't looked closely enough to spot the stems climbing on the wall.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    😄 You snuck in as I was checking my botanical spelling for the broom LB.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,766
    Ladybird4 said:
    Yay Kitty, I think you nailed the second one. I hadn't looked closely enough to spot the stems climbing on the wall.
    Hostafan1 said:
    No 1 might be Euonymus Elatus 
    No 2 looks like Hydrangea Petiolaris
    Funny, I thought I'd suggested the Hydrangea  ;)
    The ridges on the stems in photo 1 made me think if the Euonymus, hey ho.
    Devon.
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Why funny Hosta? 
    Maybe you're on that "handy ignore list" you're so fond of 😉.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,766
    Kitty 2 said:
    Why funny Hosta? 
    Maybe you're on that "handy ignore list" you're so fond of 😉.
    lol, I do hope so.
    Devon.
  • phildigphildig Posts: 55
    Thank you very much for all these replies. Very helpful thank you.
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