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Is this a tree?

moneysaver1978
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Was away for 3 weeks to look after a relative and while another relative looked after the garden with watering, I came back to find this growing out of a lawn!

Sadly, Google images search isn't helping so any idea what this could be? If it is a kind of tree, would it make sense for me to pot it?



Thank you! :)

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  • Slinky
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  • Farway
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    Can't help identifying it, but I'd pot it up & wait & see, nothing lost and maybe a lot gained?
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  • MikeJXE
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    Found this on Google 28% hit


  • kempiejon
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    P'rhaps a black locust, does it have spines on it? If yeah a sort of tree (also a pea) and invasive, I think they're Canadian.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia_pseudoacacia
  • fatbelly
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    edited 11 July 2024 at 10:52AM
    I think it's a Robinia, probably Pseudoacacia. Nice tree in the right place, ultimately very large. Most people grow the yellow leaved variety for its foliage
  • Lorian
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    Looks like robinia too me too and the right place is no where near the house they get very big quickly.
  • moneysaver1978
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    Thank you all! I don't know where robinia came from as I don't see this type of tree anywhere close so a seed must have got dropped by a bird somewhere else.

    I have removed and potted it as nothing to lose and the leaves look nice but definitely not going to plant it anywhere in the ground!
  • moneysaver1978
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    Just to report back, I dug up and potted it - within 30 minutes, the leaves started to shrivel! So I have taken a clipping and put in a water.

    For now, it's a watch this space for both potted and clipped! :)
  • FreeBear
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    moneysaver1978 said:
    Just to report back, I dug up and potted it - within 30 minutes, the leaves started to shrivel! So I have taken a clipping and put in a water.
    Wrong time of year to be moving trees. It is usually done between October and March while the tree is dormant.
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  • moneysaver1978
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    FreeBear said:
    moneysaver1978 said:
    Just to report back, I dug up and potted it - within 30 minutes, the leaves started to shrivel! So I have taken a clipping and put in a water.
    Wrong time of year to be moving trees. It is usually done between October and March while the tree is dormant.
    Aaah so that's why... oops! Ah well, I needed to move it as it was growing on grass but lesson learned and knowledge/experience gained.
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