i need help with this one?

[se7enthdevil]

i've obviously caught it just emerging. i'll try to get a pic of the branches in a few weeks to give you a better idea.

 

i've never seen anything like it, have you???

 

[daltontrees]

Could be Hippophae salicifolia 'Streetwise'? Hilliers prodiuced it and say " Has been used successfully as a street tree in London to form avenues and in other fairly tough urban situations where it has performed well. "

[nepia]

Good shout.  It looked familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it.

 

[Lignaterrae]

The one in the street view pic sure looks like a Podocarpus or possibly Cephalotaxus or Saxogothaea, can't get enough resolution on the photo. They are evergreen trees but not 100% at home in our climate and I wonder if it was stripped of foliage during the 'Beast from the East' weather event and is now resprouting?

A lot of trees in my area that are normally thought as fully hardy had their foliage ruined by the freezing winds.

[se7enthdevil]

16 hours ago, Lignaterrae said:

I wonder if it was stripped of foliage during the 'Beast from the East' weather event

it was not just that event as it's looked dead from the middle of january when i was passing it on the bus. 

 

i'll have to get some photos in a couple of weeks when everything is fully formed.

[daltontrees]

17 hours ago, Lignaterrae said:

The one in the street view pic sure looks like a Podocarpus or possibly Cephalotaxus or Saxogothaea, can't get enough resolution on the photo. They are evergreen trees but not 100% at home in our climate and I wonder if it was stripped of foliage during the 'Beast from the East' weather event and is now resprouting?

A lot of trees in my area that are normally thought as fully hardy had their foliage ruined by the freezing winds.

Can't be a podicarp, surely? They have needles and the OP pictures are definitely leaves.

 

I kind of get the rationale for Hippophae as a street tree. rhamnoides will get lashed by waves an a horrifically exposed coastline and carry on regardless. Salt not a problem. Strong winds, they don't even blink. In a city heat island with surrounding buildings as windbreaks they probaby think they've died and  gone to Buckthorn heaven.

[fagus]

I think Hippophae salicifolia, what daltontrees says.

[se7enthdevil]

i have more pictures of this now and will add them later today if i remember.

 

the bark is dark and shiny like a prunus so i'm not sure it's this hippophae species?

[se7enthdevil]

here are some more pics.

 

[se7enthdevil]

it appears to have been trimmed since my last visit to prepare for the wedding.

hope they are good enough.