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Mulla Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 30 Oct 2014 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:36 am Post subject: What is this tree??? |
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Hi there. New to the site. Buying a new house with a large garden. Blank canvas and I am looking for some tips.
There is a tree outside my current home which I love. Can anyone tell me what it is??
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Sive Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 1731 Location: Co.Wexford
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:46 am Post subject: |
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A close up photo of a few leaves would be good, please.....I'm wondering could it be a type of hornbeam ?
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:58 am Post subject: |
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It does indeed look like a Hornbeam, quite a common tree to be included in housing estates because of their compact nature, especially around NW Carlow town!!!
_________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3129 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like Carpinus betulus ‘Frans Fontaine’
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Mulla Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:42 pm Post subject: Leaves |
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Sive wrote: | A close up photo of a few leaves would be good, please.....I'm wondering could it be a type of hornbeam ? |
Here is an attach of the leaves
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Mulla Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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tagwex wrote: | It does indeed look like a Hornbeam, quite a common tree to be included in housing estates because of their compact nature, especially around NW Carlow town!!! |
Very true
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hahaaa. Not too far from you. Know the area.
_________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
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Liara_Tsoni Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 18 Nov 2014 Posts: 3 Location: Limerick
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Beech has also similar leaves. But I supposed it has been decided that it is hornbeam
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Poor mans beech
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Good guy Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 11 Feb 2013 Posts: 2593 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:38 am Post subject: |
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Likes wetter ground which beech will not tolerate.
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phelim_d Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree

Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 50 Location: Mayo
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Moving off the tree identification and back to your choice of tree, here are a few tips I would give-
1) careful not to be dceived with a small sapling- it can grow to 30m high.
2) Plant away from fences and walls- imagine the tree at full size.
3) think of shade in the garden and dried out grass under a tree.
4) tink of colour and trees that have nice bark, foliage etc.
5) native trees are much preferred by nature (insects and burds) to non native. Sycamore is not a native for instance and birch trees though smaller are much preferred.
6) if you want many trees go to a nursery as apposed to a gdn centre- saves money an can make a large project affordable where many trees are involved.
7) if it goes pear shaped, just emove it and start again...
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Good guy Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 11 Feb 2013 Posts: 2593 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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I absolutely agree with phelim_d.
Hornbeam is much too large a tree to be allowed to grow to full size in all but exceptionally large gardens - could be good as a hedge, though, if your ground is on the wet side. There are many good garden-scale trees to choose from.
In my own garden I have 3 silver birches, 1 larch (on the boundary), 2 hawthorns, 2 rowans, 2 hollys, a Korean pine, 2 crab apples, 1 Acer griseum, 1 Acer Crimson King. Only the larch is a forest-size tree; between them, the rest provide lots of year round interest and a variety of habitats. Over the years I have removed quite a few trees that either didn't do well, outgrew their space or were past their best. The garden is 1970s suburban - probably less than 1\4 acre.
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