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Anyone ID this?
David Amos
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Anyone know what this is? Growing uninvited in my orchard. Now about 5 foot tall. Like to know what it is before I fetch it out.
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Buddleja?
No Paul not Budlea. The 'flower' is like a creamy coloured catkin, turns brown after a while. The leaves reminded me of Eucalyptus being greyish.
Tetley now you mention it it could be from the leaf.
Definitely willow, probably Salix caprea
In the sticks near Peterborough
Definitely some sort of willow. We've got similar ones frowing near the river here in the middle of The Netherlands. I don't like them, because I've had seedlings popping up all around my ponds, and they're a real nuisance to remove without falling into the water, and the pollen seems to trigger my hay fever .
Thank you all. Consensus is Willow so out it comes together with a couple self set Plane Trees!!
Agreed it is a willow and that is the female catkin. Willows produce both male and female catkins.