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[Deleted]

Hi,

Does anyone if this is friend or foe



Thanks

Sara

[Barbara]

looks like a little oak tree to me.
maybe some-one else knows other-wise
soory i'm not more help sara

[Yakram]

At first glance it looks like a baby hawthorn, but try this link:
www.british-trees.com/guide/home.htm
I always find 'mystery' seedlings planted by birds exciting, and love to watch their development - until I am sure it's wanted, or not

[Chuckles]

At first glance I thought a Holly but after putting my specs on I'm not sure now, then again not all Holly have prickly leaves

Like Yakram I find these sort of finds exciting and I carefully dig them up and plant them in a pot and wait Some don't survive but I've had a couple of Mountain Ash this way and loads of Holly.

[owdboggy]

I thought Hawthorn too.

[nightowl]

I don't think it's Hawthorn, or any deciduous tree/shrub, because the leaves look distinctly evergreen (assuming that's a new photo)

What about a Cotoneaster of some kind?

[Deleted]

It looks more like a friend than a foe to me - not sure what it is at the moment though, but it does look familiar.

[andy]

Pyrecantha

[Dutchy]

Had a browse through my Gardenplant encyclopedia.
It could be Quercus x hispanica.
Lucombe oak.
That one is semi evergreen and your little ones leaves are very close to it.
That is a big one there also is a Quercus agrifolia which is also not loosing its leaves in winter and that one has stif somewhat prickly shiny leaves that resemble an Ilex ( Holly ).
Not an easy one this, so worth keeping to see what it turns into.

[Rosefriend]

I am like Rita - it looks familiar and yet I can't place it..

RF

[Shrubrose]

My first thought was 'hawthorn' too. Keep us posted Sara, will you. I'm interested to see what it turns out to be

[Ruthie]

I think it is hawthorn. I get seedlings and they look very similar to that.

[Deleted]

Could be sparuthie

Is this link of any help Sara?

www.hainaultforest.co.uk/3Leaves%20project.htm

[andy]

It would depend on when the pic was taken....hawthorn is deciduous. Although the lower leaf shape is similar, i've never known hawthorn to have glossy leaves either.

Need more details Sara...another pic, any thorns etc

[Deleted]

Hello all,

No thorns yet, glossy leaves not too thick

Picture taken a few days ago

Better picture



Sara

[Chuckles]

I'd say it looks like it's an evergreen then Sara, but what

[andy]

It's got me stumped ....one thing, juvenille foliage is often totally different to the adult forms.

Another though is osmanthus...maybe Burkwoodii

[Deleted]

Intriguing eh!

I am sure I have had this seedling before and pulled it up as a weed.

Sara

[farmersboy]

Ive had several of those come up in my garden,over the last 2or3 years,i thought they were holly,but ive never left them long enough to find out,i pull them up.

[Chuckles]

andy said:

It's got me stumped ....one thing, juvenille foliage is often totally different to the adult forms.

Another though is osmanthus...maybe Burkwoodii

Be nice if it was Osmanthus, lovely little flowers, smells lovely.

[Deleted]

I think I will email a pic to the RHS, might as well use my membership

Just need to know, not very patient

Sara

[andy]

greety said:

andy said:

It's got me stumped ....one thing, juvenille foliage is often totally different to the adult forms.

Another though is osmanthus...maybe Burkwoodii

Be nice if it was Osmanthus, lovely little flowers, smells lovely.

Osmanthus Delaveyii smells devine !!!

[Dutchy]

This is Quercus agrifolia.
Looks more like a Holly does it not?
Probably not what you have then.

[Deleted]

andy said:

It's got me stumped ....one thing, juvenille foliage is often totally different to the adult forms.

Another though is osmanthus...maybe Burkwoodii

I had a couple of Osmanthus growing in my last garden - maybe that's why this looks familiar to me

[Shrubrose]

Those lower leaves definitely look like hawthorn to me. I get them here all the time - I pull them up and pot them on and use them to fill gaps in the hedges around the perimeter.