Help identifying a tree, please.

EmptyPockets

Hello Greenfingered members. It's been a few weeks since I posted here, anyone on the pet forum will know we've been through the week from hell.

But anyway, yesterday our neighbour very kindly gave us a young tree. He said he'd taken a cutting about two years ago, from a tree he currently has in his garden. I'll attempt to post links to the pictures: I was wondering if anyone could help me identify what this tree is? We've put it in a container of wet compost until the weekend, but we would like to know a bit more about it before deciding on it's final location in either front or back garden... My neighbour says the one in his garden is about 30 years old. It is roughly 10-12ft high and apparently it flowers, lots of blue flowers...

Any ideas? Here are the pictures. If you need pictures of the adult tree please let me know and I'll try to get a couple.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/xcurvychickx/Random%20or%20Forum%20Pictures/006-1.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/xcurvychickx/Random%20or%20Forum%20Pictures/007-1.jpg

RAS

Look up ceanothus (spelling not sure) - there are laod of varieies and most have blue flowers.

Kay_Peel

If it's not a ceonothus then it could be one of the cotoneasters.

If so, they are gorgeous! Lucky you. :T

mjm3346

Ceanothus is starting to flower about now in the south, the one I have is about 6ft x 6ft there are various varities.


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Davesnave

That's a cotoneaster, or I'm the Bishop of Barnstaple! Not sure which one, but they are all easily trimmed.

Blue flowers? No, but lots of white ones, and so attractive to insects. (I could 'hear' the tree in my last garden at this time of year.) Mine was cornubia, one of the larger ones, but yours looks more dainty. Mind you, leaf size increases as the plants grow.

EmptyPockets

Oooh, you guys are fab! Ok, well after having a look at lots of images of both, I really think it might be a Ceonothus. The one my neighbour has in his back garden looks, in shape, size and colour, very very much like this one, although from what I can see (can't get very close) I don't think it is flowering yet...

I'll continue looking at more pictures of both types to see if anything jumps out at me - I'm a complete novice, but trying to learn as I go!

Thanks so much for replies so far. Appreciated.

EmptyPockets

Davesnave wrote: »

That's a cotoneaster, or I'm the Bishop of Barnstaple! Not sure which one, but they are all easily trimmed.

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Hmmm... I can't find any pictures resembling what my neighbour has though, not close really. It's quite an unusual shape, as trees go, and he definitely did say it had lots of blue flowers in summer.

Davesnave

EmptyPockets wrote: »

Ok, well after having a look at lots of images of both, I really think it might be a Ceonothus.

Oo, err!.....I'll fetch me vestment...:rotfl:

Mojisola

The neighbour's shrub is probably a ceanothus but are you sure that what you have looks exactly the same? I'm with Davesnave - it looks like a cotoneaster to me.

Your neighbour might have mixed up cuttings or his original cutting may have died off and this plant has grown from a seed. We've had several free cotoneasters from the birds.

Kay_Peel

Davesnave wrote: »

That's a cotoneaster, or I'm the Bishop of Barnstaple!

Nice to meet you, your Grace!

I thought it was a cotoneaster too, because it looks like one that I have in my front garden.

We'll have to see a photo of the parent, if that's possible, please?

EmptyPockets

Mojisola wrote: »

The neighbour's shrub is probably a ceanothus but are you sure that what you have looks exactly the same? I'm with Davesnave - it looks like a cotoneaster to me.

Your neighbour might have mixed up cuttings or his original cutting may have died off and this plant has grown from a seed. We've had several free cotoneasters from the birds.

Ah, I see your point I will try and get a picture of the supposed parent tree now, before I go out. Am currently being held hostage in the dining room by a crazy-mad bumble bee that won't let me out so I may be a while lol!