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Can anyone identify this tree? Update: What to do with base of tree?
Posted on 7/23/20 at 2:10 am
Posted on 7/23/20 at 2:10 am
So I removed the pot and as expected, the roots have grown deep into the ground but they begin at the top of the soil that was in the pot. So I have roots and soil above ground, rather sturdily so. I have to assume this is not a viable long term state of affairs. The roots appear to be dug in deep.
It appears to me that I can either dig the tree up for replanting, which looks like a nightmare, or...what other options? Is building a sloping soil base around it a reasonable solution?
It appears to me that I can either dig the tree up for replanting, which looks like a nightmare, or...what other options? Is building a sloping soil base around it a reasonable solution?
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 5:18 am
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Posted on 7/23/20 at 2:30 am to ChewyDante
It looks like a Savannah Holly with oak tree suckers growing at the bottom
Posted on 7/23/20 at 6:22 am to ChewyDante
Looks to me maybe a sweetbay magnolia with a water oak mixed in at the bottom.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 7:11 am to ChewyDante
Cut out that water oak, and take a closer picture of the leaves of the main plant.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:09 am to BottomlandBrew
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Looks to me maybe a sweetbay magnolia
I thought that as well, but I think Sweetbay leaves are much longer and more sparse. That tree looks dense and has a single trunk. sweetbays are typically multi trunk
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:24 am to Geauxld Finger
I'm still sticking with sweetbay, albeit a really distressed sweetbay. Zoom in on the leaves and take a look. Color, leaf shape, and trunk all say sweetbay. Sweetbays also have that sort of radiating leaf arrangement at the tips of the branches. You see a lot of single trunk sweetbays in nature, but a lot of the ones found in the landscape trade will have the multi-trucks.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:29 am to BottomlandBrew
Definitely possible.
OP crush up a leaf and smell it. If it smells sweet its 100% a sweetbay
Could also be a Dahoon Holly. They look very similar to savannah but have more smooth leaf edge where savannah has a few more points
OP crush up a leaf and smell it. If it smells sweet its 100% a sweetbay
Could also be a Dahoon Holly. They look very similar to savannah but have more smooth leaf edge where savannah has a few more points
This post was edited on 7/23/20 at 9:32 am
Posted on 7/23/20 at 11:13 am to ChewyDante
Looks like a very skinny cleyera with an oak sucker at the base
Posted on 7/23/20 at 8:08 pm to CoachChappy
Thanks for responses. I will take some closer pics when I get in this morning.
Just moved into this home and prior owners left this tree. It appears to have grown through the pot. I'm assuming I will need to replant it once the pot is removed since the roots begin at the top of the pot soil. This is my first home and I know nothing as far as landscaping goes.
Just moved into this home and prior owners left this tree. It appears to have grown through the pot. I'm assuming I will need to replant it once the pot is removed since the roots begin at the top of the pot soil. This is my first home and I know nothing as far as landscaping goes.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 8:49 pm to ChewyDante
Looks like a stressed out cleyera from being in that pot With an oak sucker.
***I agree with you Daponch. That cleyera rooted through the pot.
***I agree with you Daponch. That cleyera rooted through the pot.
This post was edited on 7/23/20 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 7/24/20 at 4:50 pm to Cdawg
Posted on 7/24/20 at 8:17 pm to WitoldPilecki
Are they usually that tall? Pictures online look like those leaves but they look more bush height/shaped.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 8:34 pm to ChewyDante
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Are they usually that tall? Pictures online look like those leaves but they look more bush height/shaped.
It's a Cleyeara japonica.
Plant it in partial shade. Or at least not full afternoon sun.
This post was edited on 7/24/20 at 8:37 pm
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