Apart from the obvious oak, lime and silver birch trees I'm rubbish at tree identification, and am wondering whether anyone would know what this tree is: (it's buzzing with bees right now as the little yellow bell flowers start to open!)
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Can anyone identify this tree please?
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Deffo not a strawberry tree - I have one in my back garden and the flowers are much different to those in the photos.
I've found the Natural History Museum tree identification key useful but it only covers UK trees. It's here if you want to give it a try - maybe your tree will be there?come visit a garden
or read about mine www.suburbanvegplot.blogspot.com/
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Definitely not an urn gum, the leaves are not round enough, and the wrong colour as well. (Although some of them might be green, most would be grey.)
At a guess, given that the leaves look to be quite coarse and leathery (ie, stiff and with a thick, non glossy cuticle), and assuming that it is no more than about 10m in height, I would suggest it is one of the larger species of cotoneaster. So technically a shrub...? That would tie in with it being so popular with bees, too.There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.
Head-hunted member of the Nutter's Club - can I get my cranium back please ?
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