#1: Help newbie identify tree
Posted on 2006-06-05 12:38:42 by bill
hi, I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to gardening. The house I moved
into has a small 10ft tall tree which is in need of attention. It was
probably planted about 5yrs ago.
Here is one of the cuttings
http://dx3092.tripod.com/whattree.jpg
I recall the tree did flower for around March. The white petalled
flowers quickly disappeared within a few weeks.
Could anyone help me identify this tree?
bill
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#2: Re: Help newbie identify tree
Posted on 2006-06-05 13:14:02 by mike_lincs
Bill wrote:
> hi, I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to gardening. The house I moved
> into has a small 10ft tall tree which is in need of attention. It was
> probably planted about 5yrs ago.
>
> Here is one of the cuttings
>
> http://dx3092.tripod.com/whattree.jpg
>
> I recall the tree did flower for around March. The white petalled
> flowers quickly disappeared within a few weeks.
>
> Could anyone help me identify this tree?
>
>
> bill
Probably some variety of apple or crab apple, the photo shows what
would appear to be very small apples.
Mike
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#3: Re: Help newbie identify tree
Posted on 2006-06-05 14:11:20 by June Hughes
In message <1149503922.067606.298280@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, Bill
<billbill88882000@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>hi, I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to gardening. The house I moved
>into has a small 10ft tall tree which is in need of attention. It was
>probably planted about 5yrs ago.
>
>Here is one of the cuttings
>
>http://dx3092.tripod.com/whattree.jpg
>
>I recall the tree did flower for around March. The white petalled
>flowers quickly disappeared within a few weeks.
>
>Could anyone help me identify this tree?
>
I thought at first it was a pear tree but having just looked at mine,
which is ancient, my pears are longer than that. It is probably an
apple tree.
--
June Hughes
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#4: Re: Help newbie identify tree
Posted on 2006-06-05 14:55:31 by bill
Thank you Mike and June for your replies.
I used to have a pear tree in the garden of one my previous houses, and
it became huge and unmanagable after 10-15years. In fact, I notice
the current owners have now cut it down when I drove by the house a
while back.
Can crab apple trees grow as aggressively as pear trees?
bill
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#5: Re: Help newbie identify tree
Posted on 2006-06-05 18:06:29 by K
Bill <billbill88882000@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>Thank you Mike and June for your replies.
>
>I used to have a pear tree in the garden of one my previous houses, and
>it became huge and unmanagable after 10-15years. In fact, I notice
>the current owners have now cut it down when I drove by the house a
>while back.
>
>Can crab apple trees grow as aggressively as pear trees?
>
Crab apples can grow quite large. The embryo fruit looks a bit large for
a crab apple at this stage of the year.
Eating apples are normally grafted on to a rootstock which reduces
vigour and overall size.
Your tree could be a pear or an apple, but apples are far more
frequently planted, so it's more likely to be that.
--
Kay
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