Hi all, I am trying to figure out what type of tree this is. It mysteriously started growing in a triangle on my front property in between the walkway and driveway. It is growing pretty quickly so I want to move into a more permanent location but I have no idea how big it will get and if it will keep its leaves or not. Thanks in advance!!!
That looks like it, thank you! I just did some googling and it certainly looks like a match. Think I will move it to the front of the house and hope for some seeds, 2 of them out there would look really nice.
Will take some years to bloom, at which point you may discover you have pale forms with less impressive flowers than of those of 'Rosea'. Or, perhaps this pinker type is all that is hardy where you are and the parent tree is one. In many eastern states this is a pest species. Note that you got yours by having them pop up on their own.
So, you are anticipating that one that "popped up" on its own is not going to be of the nicer looking variety? Before it gets too big am I better off just removing it or leave it be and it should provide descent flowers?
If you can locate the parent tree and look at the flowers on that it may serve as an indication of what to expect. Good strong pink ones are much more effective in flower than pale ones.
I have been looking around the neighbors and have had no luck in figuring out where it came from. I would assume someone has to have it somewhere to get the seed here. The only other thought is this year I re-landscaped the area this appeared in this year. Maybe somehow the seed was in the soil from the nursery.
You may even find that silk tree is not hardy there. 'Rosea' is more hardy than usual, but don't know about these maturing in New York. If yours came in from elsewhere the visit may not be a long one.
