Wednesday 21 March 2012

Anyone know what this tree is?

I have a tree in the garden and I would like to know what it is, so anyone who knows or has any clues please tell me. Sorry some of the close ups are bad - not a good photographer!
Its a bout 9 feet and has thorns. 

yellow, orangey berries.





11 comments:

  1. possibly a Berberis, is it evergreen? Could be the variety called Darwinii if it has shiny foilage like holly leaves and deep yellow flowers. Just a guess.

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  2. Wow, you may have got it in one! It is evergreen. It certainly is like the pictures of a berberis darwinii and I just picked a leaf (and got stabbed by it) and they look just like on a picture, like tiny holly leaves, shiny and sharp. I think you are right! Thank you.

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  3. And for the record, I don't think they are berries now I look more carefully, although from a distance they look like it. I think they are the buds of tiny flowers, which reinforces the berberis idea.

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  4. Yeah, what they said, LOL! Nice tree!

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  5. The power of the blogosphere got it in one! Nice! That's a pretty tree. :)

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  6. Thanks for your help guys, I am glad to know what I have now.

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  7. I have got one of those, the birds love the berries.

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  8. They definitely seem like buds of flowers, gorgeous at any rate!
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  9. Berberis, it always looks lovely this time of year.

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