What is this bush/tree/plant?

[gentlegreen]

Again, gentlegreen , hard for me to see how many needles in each fascicle. Looks like just 2. That, and the elongated cone shape, looks a lot like one of the black pines (pinus nigra) but there are subspecies such as austriacus and corsica, I think. I confess to not being as well up on trees, particularly conifers, as I ought to be.

It's annoying that the tree database is so sketchy - especially that ericaceous-looking thing which has a dedication tag but no database entry ...

 

[StoneRoad]

gentlegreen - what's the bark like on that Pinus ?

I was thinking it looked a little bit like the Lodgepole Pine that is growing in my garden.

 

[gentlegreen]

gentlegreen - what's the bark like on that Pinus ?

I was thinking it looked a little bit like the Lodgepole Pine that is growing in my garden.

I'll get a photo tomorrow and count the needles

 

[campanula]

Yep, the lodgepoles are another 2 needle species (just been out to check my seedlings)

Take another picture of the evergreen standard (which I am assuming it is).

 

[gentlegreen]

Actually the dedication tree has a QR code - I'll try to get a better photo of it
Some of the trees in the park have explanatory notices in Romanian ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Spotted in Bath botanic garden - apologies for photo.
Blousey, rosy-looking flowers, 7-sepals on fruit ...

 

[Calamity1971]

Spotted in Bath botanic garden - apologies for photo.
Blousey, rosy-looking flowers, 7-sepals on fruit ...

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Google lens is saying pomegranate?

When should you prune your pomegranate trees?

The key to knowing when to prune any plant is knowing your plant’s flowering behavior.

amp.lcsun-news.com

 

[gentlegreen]

Google lens is saying pomegranate?

When should you prune your pomegranate trees?

The key to knowing when to prune any plant is knowing your plant’s flowering behavior.

amp.lcsun-news.com

that's surreal - I saw a squashed skin on the pavement the other day and started salivating ...



I wonder if there are hardy ornamental varieties ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Pomegranate Punica granatum Flore PLENO - Google Search

 

[Calamity1971]

Pomegranate Punica granatum Flore PLENO - Google Search

£75 ! Be no good on my windy cold hill anyway.

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[gentlegreen]

An appleish tree seedling with spectacular thorns in my local park ...

 

[campanula]

looks like blackthorn, prunus spinosa, gentlegreen...although I am notoriously bad at identifying plants from photos (better IRL).

 

[gentlegreen]

looks like blackthorn, prunus spinosa, gentlegreen...although I am notoriously bad at identifying plants from photos (better IRL).

The leaves looked a little big - perhaps it's because it's juvenile foliage ?

 

[campanula]

Think it is almost certainly a prunus, gentlegreen (because lenticels and leaf shape) so could also be a cerasifera (have seen a few with bloody great thorns)

 

[blossie33]

Seen in a small park in London today - anyone know what it is please?

 

[clicker]

 

[blossie33]

Sorry clicker I didn't thank you properly yesterday! I associate Muscari with what is commonly know as Grape Hyacinths which are spring flowers, I've never seen this autumn flowering one before - thought they were lovely.

 

[gentlegreen]

A pavement tree or shrub.
This annoys me as I thought I was a connoisseur of pavement flora ...

 

[gentlegreen]

'Not just weeds': how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora

Pavement chalking to draw attention to wild flowers and plants in urban areas has gone viral across Europe – but UK chalkers could face legal action

www.theguardian.com

 

[blossie33]

'Not just weeds': how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora

Pavement chalking to draw attention to wild flowers and plants in urban areas has gone viral across Europe – but UK chalkers could face legal action

www.theguardian.com

That's interesting, I didn't know it was illegal to chalk on the pavement!
I was also interested to read about the young woman who has been marking out plants in Hackney, I live in the borough but I can't say I've seen anything she's done yet.

 

[Part 2]

Is this Bay Laurel?....and do I have a lifetimes supply of bay leaves?

 

[gentlegreen]

Is this Bay Laurel?....and do I have a lifetimes supply of bay leaves?

Looks like it.
Next door's tree is 20 feet tall and is self-seeding all over the place.

 

[Part 2]

Looks like it.
Next door's tree is 20 feet tall and is self-seeding all over the place.

Google lens says it is aswell. Wtf can be done with that many bay leaves?

 

[Callie]

Google lens says it is aswell. Wtf can be done with that many bay leaves?

Give them away, dry them, some sort of bay tincture, some sort of bay infusion, compost

 

[gentlegreen]

Strew the leaves on your doormat or floors generally

 

[Callie]

Xmas wreaths ££££

 

[Part 2]

Xmas wreaths ££££

Ooh, good Idea, we've got loads of Holly aswell.

 

[Callie]

What is this tree? And should it sound hollow when you knock it

 

[blossie33]

Some sort of Pine tree?
Church yards often have Yew trees growing there but I don't think it's that, they have more dense foliage.