Could someone please ID this tree for me?

[RATTER15]

I love the tree, I want one, I can take cuttings from the one in the picture but I dont know what it is. I first thought it was a Willow but now I see it has fruit on it.

See pics.

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[honky-tonk]

Olive Tree ?

[pink-kittens]

definitely Olive tree

[woofgang]

The fruit are wrong for olive, olive fruits don't have the large flower remnant left on them. My guess would be a peach or similar.

edit: nectarine?
http://www.hort.purdu...fruits/nectarine2.htm

[hammerman]

It looks very much like a weeping pear...Pyrus salicifolius pendula. Fruit, as far as i know, are ornamental and not edible

[RATTER15]

No definitely not Olive.

I have worked in the house next to this tree for four years I have never seen the fruit before but I have never been so close, if the fruit stays that size, that would explain why I have never noticed the fruit before.

At the moment im going with the "weeping pear" the tree does get incredibly dense for a pear though, and if it is a pear I wouldn't be able to grow from a cutting I dont believe.

I will google and see what else I can come up with, many thanks, I will let you know what I find.

[RATTER15]

Woofgang, no not a nectarine, the leaves are wrong and it does not bear a citrus fruit of any description.

[sara3]

can't you just knock on the door and ask them?

[RATTER15]

Thanks Hammerman, almost certainly a Weeping pear, what a lovely tree it is! unfortunately this beautiful tree may have to be felled, the company I work for has bought the house next door to demolish it and extend our existing home from 35 beds to 70 beds, it may be in the way. I just wish I could afford to have it moved to my garden :-(

[RATTER15]

Sarah, the most obvious solution lol, I would but the house is occupied by the foreign staff that I work with, they are almost unaware of a tree being in their garden lol.

[TheWinner]

If you have a sample of the leaves etc, you could try this link.

http://www-saps.plant...ac.uk/trees/index.htm

[sara3]

Sarah.. *rolls eyes*

[RATTER15]

Thanks Sara :-)

[jomifl]

Almost certainly Willow leaved pear (Pyrus salicifolia) it is just like the picture in my book of European trees and it is a very large nice specimen. the fruit are globular 2cm diameter on a woolly stalk. Does that sound right?

[RATTER15]

Yes jomifl spot on!! thanks.

[hammerman]

I didn't want to sound too "yes it definately is" attitude but....yes, it definately is a weeping pear (Pyrus salicifolius pendula). I have one at work (Im a head gardener) and they are one of the more "identifiable" small trees.

You wont be able to grow them from cuttings....they're usually grafted onto a more suitable rootstock. They're lovely trees though.

[RATTER15]

Thanks hammerman, im making inquiries to purchase one locally from a garden centre, if they can get one for me.

[hammerman]

They should be able to...they're fairly common

[RATTER15]

"Common" how very dare you!! you put me right off!!

[hammerman]

LOL...ok, easy to get hold of (in a common way !!!) ;-)