What type of tree is this?

[CoolHands]

anyone know?

thanks

[mrsshpub]

It looks like a sycamore.

[CoolHands]

thanks looks like you could be right:





ps I thought for a moment your username was Mrs Shrub!

[mrsshpub]

CoolHands said:

ps I thought for a moment your username was Mrs Shrub!

[dudleybloke]

sure its not a larch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug8nHaelWtc

[caiss4]

If it is a sycamore then I advise strongly to remove it. They are the weeds of the tree world. Fast growing and constantly dropping tree litter plus sticky sap.

[Mr GrimNasty]

I'd agree. They do actually have good wildlife value, but it looks like a particularly poor specimen, so I'd chuck it out.

[CoolHands]

ok thanks. I've read they get massive and it isn't a suitable site for that. The trunk is still quite narrow so I will remove asap

[anonymous-user]

CoolHands said:

ok thanks. I've read they get massive and it isn't a suitable site for that. The trunk is still quite narrow so I will remove asap

Good move - hateful things!

[CoolHands]

got it down - and a couple of other young nippers that were eagerly sprouting nearby. There is also one other which I will get another day. Once the site is cleared I may plant a more suitable tree like a silver birch.

[Turn7]

dudleybloke said:

sure its not a larch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug8nHaelWtc

No.3...The Larch....

[elanfan]

Sycamore - they drop those little spinners everywhere and multiply like a chavette slapper waiting on benefits.

Even from quite young they are difficult to pull up - non native species that shouldn't even be here.

Be very careful about planting any trees in that space as you could cause subsidence issues in surrounding walls/buildings. A large tree can take 1000 gallons of water a day from the surrounding soil.

[Simpo Two]

I don't think my garden has 1,000 gallons of water in it...

I had an acacia about two feet from my house wall that grew to at least 30 feet and had a 12" diameter trunk. After about 20 years I cut it down because it was still growing, but it never caused any problems with the house.

[Shaolin]

It's a horse chestnut - conker tree. Leaves too big and shiny and sub-divided for a sycamore. Leave the flowers to emerge if you want to be sure.

[dickymint]

Shaolin said:

It's a horse chestnut - conker tree. Leaves too big and shiny and sub-divided for a sycamore. Leave the flowers to emerge if you want to be sure.

Nope it's definitely Sycamore. Horse Chestnut buds are totally different and are very sticky.

[paulw123]

100% a Sycamore

[bigee]

My first thoughts where 'horse chestnut'...in initial pics the leaves did look suitably sticky...but its always harder to plant ID from a pic,need to see it in situ to be sure (otherwise run the risk of looking like a know all who knows F all....)

[Fort Jefferson]

paulw123 said:

100% a Sycamore

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This, it's a forest tree, and has no place in your garden against that wall.