I won this when the mayor of London was giving away 30,000 trees a couple of years ago. Now I can't remember what it is. Google lens came up with Prunus Padus but I'm not convinced.
It’s very young … hardly more than a seedling, not even a proper sapling yet, but it will grow.
It’ll keep growing upwards for a few years then it’ll start to put on proper branches and become tree shaped. Then you can take off any branches that are too low. But not until then … and never prune it in the winter as cherries can get Silver Leaf disease if pruned in the winter. The time to prune cherries is June/July … but not this year. 😊
Just keep looking after it … don’t let its roots dry out in the summer and don’t prune it.
It might be a Bird Cherry … a lovely native wild Cherry with pretty white blossom. But it has to become a tree first. 😊
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
Well at least Google lens and I agree (for a change). One reason I suggested that might be the one because it’s one of the varieties of native trees being given away by the Woodland Trust as it’s much better for wildlife than the pink double-flowered types of cherry.
This is the other tree I got from the Mayor via the woodland trust. I'm pretty sure it is a Rowan. They were tiny when they arrived and both are growing well.
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However without flowers I do not know how you can say for sure which one it is.
They are super trees , but do grow rather large.
This will leave a clean trunk to what ever height you want.
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… and never prune it in the winter as cherries can get Silver Leaf disease if pruned in the winter. The time to prune cherries is June/July … but not this year. 😊
Should I support it?