Can anybody identify these?

DesignerStu

Hello, can anybody identify what these are? They are growing in my fron garden quite close to the house. We would like to keep them but if they are going to be very big they'll have to go.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

nutcutlet

The top one look like an ash tree Stu

The bottom one is a treeas well, maybe a cherry.

Both BIG

DesignerStu

Thanks nutcutlet

Here's a close up that could help!

 

nutcutlet

Not 100% sure of cherry but looks like its manner of growth. Look around the area and see what trees there are about. Ash keys blow in the wind, cherries are delivered by birds unless you have an overhanging tree.

fidgetbones

If the cherry (bottom one) is more than 15ft away from the house you might getaway with it if it a grafted one. If it is set by the birds and a wild one, well one near us has grown to 30ft in 15 years. The Ash I would definitely have out.

DesignerStu

The first one (Ash??) is about 1.5m from the house and the second (possibly cherry??) is 3m.

Would you suggest removing both?

Thanks

 

fidgetbones

As soon as possible. Don't let them get entrenched. If you can't dig them out, chop them off as low as possible and then treat any regrowth with Glyphosate.

nutcutlet

Get rid of them while they're still small Stu. If you want a small tree get one that you know is small. These are not garden trees unless you have at least half an acre, possibly more than that. 

 

fidgetbones

Can I suggest buddlejas instead?. Flowers attract butterflies, they have a lovely honey scent, and you can keep them under control by cutting down to 1ft every year in March.

Fairygirl

That last pic looks like beech or hornbeam foliage- difficult to tell as we can't enlarge. Hornbeam has a more 'pronounced' crinkle though.

DesignerStu

Thanks for the advice everyone - maybe i could transfer the cherry to the bottom of back garden.