new house new garden new trees please help

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  1. cagdas

    cagdas Member

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    Hi,
    I recently moved and I have found those two trees on my new garden. I would be grateful if anybody could help me to identify so that I can find out how to look after them.
    I am worried about the tall one, it's quite slim -about a foot wide- but 35 feet or so high. Should I have it trimmed?

    Second one is a kind I've never seen before, quite hairy and soft braches, curious thing.

    Thanks for help...
     

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    Chooch Active Member 10 Years

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    The first one is a rhus species ; I am still pondering on the second one . If they are located in Thamesville next to the medical centre I know the ID of the second one .
     
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  3. cagdas

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    Thanks for "Rhus", but I doubt we are talking about same London... I'm in London UK :)
     
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    jimmyq Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    the second one looks like a Robinia
     
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    agreed a Rhus Typhina and a Robinia psedoacacia Frisia..........as for the pruning, it looks ok, and if its 35' high, it's still got some growing to do, they can grow to 50', oh and don't be standing under it in a gale, Robinias grown in very fertile soil make huge amounts of growth, which is prone to damage in winter winds, so don't feed it.
     
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    jimmyq Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    in regards to pruning, there are a couple of dead branches visible and the upper area, the crotch where the two leaders split, may become suspect and prone to failure as the tree grows, it may benefit from removing one of the leaders or possibly cabling and/or bracing to reduce motion and stresses on the union.
     

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    thanks a lot for your help.
     

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