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Can anyone identify this tree?

indigosky63indigosky63 Posts: 17
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I moved into my new home last summer and there is a small tree in the garden which I can't identify, despite asking various people including a tree surgeon!  It is about 12ft in height, has no obvious flowers in Spring or summer and I think it is evergreen.  

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,590
    Need clear close up pics to show more detail.
    Please can you add to this thread.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • indigosky63indigosky63 Posts: 17

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,553
    my only guess is hippophae rhamnoides
    Devon.
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Not normally evergreen, but it does look like the Rosemary Leaf Willow, Salix Elaeagnos.
  • indigosky63indigosky63 Posts: 17
    Thank you both - it does resemble these - especially the Salix.  I do not recall it having any berries last autumn.  
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,408
    Looked like a tamarisk, but why no pink flowers?
  • IgrowfromseedIgrowfromseed Posts: 278
    I’m thinking willow. Should have catkins in spring and not evergreen? Where do you live?
  • indigosky63indigosky63 Posts: 17
    East Anglia.   My husband thought it was evergreen - honestly I can't actually remember what it did in winter!   Will wait and see but it does look a lot like the pictures online of Rosemary Leaf Willow. 
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