I suspect it is a willow thats been kept small as is my neighbours
........just trim it right back every autumn .......you will find it nigh
impossible to kill it
"Thomas Ashton" wrote in message
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We have just moved into a house with a very overgrown garden
and my mum and me dont know anything about plants. There is
a willow - i think - tree that looks as if it has been
chopped off half way up and there is a lot of thinner
branches growing from it. My mum says that it has to be
kept small because it blocks out the sun but we dont know
when we can cut the branches off and not kill the tree. Can
you help me.

Thomas.