Anyone know what tree this is?

BaileyB

A neighbour by my mums house has this lovely tree (2 of them) and she does not know what they are as they were there when she moved in (the neighbour)

Does anyone know, and would like to grow one in my garden aslong as they don't get too big

thanks

WestonDave

If those are yellow flowers all over it then I'd guess at a laburnum.

aggypanthus

They look too big for a back garden. Look up laburnum to see if it matches, cant tell from the pic. I dont think it is though, from the shape .

BaileyB

No flowers that i can remember. Looked it up not that.

It reminded me of a weeping willow.

laurel7172

Weeping silver birch?

*zippy*

Is the bark silver as our silver birch looked similar when it was younger.

gotnodosh

Looks like the silver birch I have in my garden

lostinrates

Yep, weeping birch i think. Beautiful garden trees.

BaileyB

Yep, looks like it is that. Thank you.

Also seen how big they get, would like to add height to my garden but i think the size of the tree in the picture is the perfect size and don't want one that will grow to 20foot etc.

Anyone have any ideas for a tree that will not grow much bigger than the tree in the picture but also look quite similar.

life_and_forks

laburnum?

How high do Laburnums actually grow? I would love one for my front garden and always thought they were smallish trees (my nan had one that never seemed to grow beyond 8-9 ft), but I saw a much bigger tree yesterday, so I'm not too sure now! Do they need pruning to keep them smaller or are there certain types that only grow so high?

*Edit to add - sorry to barge in on your post,OP

BaileyB

No problem, it looks like a weeping silver birch will take a close look next time.

Have seen a dwarf version of the silver birch which is Sorbus Hostii