Please tell me what tree this is!

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Tree growing in my mum's garden, it grew over winter from absolutely nothing. It's currently in her vegetable beds and she's not sure whether to move it or just cut it down!

Pic?

Pics

Laurel? Are the leaves shiny?

Not shiny, it literally grew over a few months!

Oh it could be! It's almost the height of her house and is in no pictures from september/October time so obviously grew fast!

Looks like laurel. Don't eat it 😉

Not sure it’s Laurel, did it have flowers?

No flowers just leaves, its a mystery

Could be a goat willow, they’re a good one for self-seeding and popping up out of nowhere. Are the leaves pale underneath?

It isn’t ash. Some sort of willow ?

I think some sort of willow (after a Google) not sure which one though.

It's not ash and not laurel. Willow is a good call.