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originaljazzgirl
Fairfax
United States
November 18, 2012 5:10 PM Post #9336522
| I drool every time I drive by this deciduous tree. It's kept trimmed so the edges are even, I know that because the same property has two others where the branches are not as even, some go all the way to the ground. 
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growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
 November 18, 2012 5:15 PM Post #9336530
| Maybe Zelkova serrata 'Pendula'? |
TomH3787
Raleigh, NC (Zone 7b)
November 18, 2012 5:15 PM Post #9336531
| Maybe a weeping cherry? Have you seen it in the spring with flowers? http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55696/
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom (Zone 9a)
November 18, 2012 5:25 PM Post #9336535
| Ditto to a weeping cherry
Resin
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originaljazzgirl
Fairfax
United States
November 18, 2012 5:44 PM Post #9336553
| Hi, I have not seen it in the spring unfortunately - but the leaves do look like the weeping cherry leaves on line. Thank you all - and TomH3787 you have been so helpful on more than one post of mine - I really appreciate it.
I have also seen some other smaller trees that have the umbrella look - I attached pictures - Do you think they are weeping cherries too? Just ones they gave bob cuts?
Thanks!
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TomH3787
Raleigh, NC (Zone 7b)
November 18, 2012 7:05 PM Post #9336622
| #2 does look like a weeping cherry esp. the silvery bark on the trunk. Not sure about #1 but it's probably a weeping cherry too as weeping Zelkova is uncommon regionally - only place I've seen them is in a curated environment e.g. botanical gardens or or parks. But weeping cherries are pretty common. Unfortunately, commercial nurseries often graft them onto too-short bases to keep production and shipping costs low, and impatient buyers give them a "bob cut" when they're not in flower. But properly-grown, mature specimens are very graceful and beautiful in all seasons. |
originaljazzgirl
Fairfax
United States
November 19, 2012 5:59 AM Post #9336928
| Interesting! I was just going to say that if it doesn't bloom in the spring then it must definitely be a Zelkova, because it does look like that to - but then I saw your comment about Zelkova being uncommon regionally. That's helpful. I actually do have a couple pix of the large tree's trunk and branch structure. Perhaps you could take a look at that for me and see if that changes your opinion in any way. I guess if it were a weeping cherry, it would depend on what kind of base it was grafted to. Pix attached... 
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom (Zone 9a)
November 19, 2012 6:22 AM Post #9336954
| Can you get a close-up of the leaves?
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ViburnumValley
Scott County, KY (Zone 5b)
November 19, 2012 3:57 PM Post #9337445
| From the leaf closeup in the first post (that seems to show quite clearly the glands that are common on Prunus leaf petiole ), and the branch and bark images in the last post - I don't see that there is a question but that it is a pendulous Prunus.
That definitely is NOT Zelkova bark. |
