Claire_S

Thanks for the advice, very useful, I haven't noticed the sort of cracks you describe so that's a good sign.

Thanks for your help, yep both winters that we've been here the browned flowers have stayed on the tree-I just assumed that was normal?

Hi, We've been living in our house for over a year now and I've been meaning to find out more about the tree in our front garden. I have attached some photos of it-is anyone able to identify it? Also can anyone tell me how big it is likely to get? At the moment its roughly 9 or 10 ft and it's about 15 or 16 ft from the house. The photos without the leaves are up to date, we cut back some of the sides of the tree this winter as the branches were starting to reach the paths on either side. I want to try and stop it getting much bigger, should we be cutting it back every winter? We have clay soil-is there any chance that the tree could affect the house in relation to subsidence based on it's proximity to the house? Thanks for your help, Claire