"Saffy" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote in message
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I live in East Scotland and have a beautiful but unidentified tree that
is
about 5m tall and has lovely pink and white new leaves (or maybe
bracts?)
at this time of year. Last year it developed a disease of some sort
which
causes the shoots to die back from the tip, going black and splitting.
Cutting out all the diseased parts as they developed last year didn't
help.
There are pictures at http://www.rosebud.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
any help identifying the tree and or the disease would be very much
appreciated

TIA

Steve

We have one of these in our garden and I believe it is called "the
handkerchief tree" although I cannot be certain. I have also been told
that
if you cut it back it encourages the leaves to have lots of lovely
colours.
It is a lovely tree, but is big so we tend to cut it to keep it at about 7
feet tall cos we only have a small garden.

Saffy.

Sorry to reply to my own post, but having searched the internet I now
disagree with what I have been told in the past. It is not a handkerchief
tree. I have also been told it is a type of Poplar which makes sense as it
has pretty invasive roots.

Saffy