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What is this beautiful tree?

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Hamsterhands · 29/06/2021 20:33

I walk past this stunning tree every day and have become slightly obsessed with it!

I don't know if it comes across completely in the pic, but the leaves are a very bright lime green colour, and each one is a leaf made up of smaller leaves.

What is this beautiful tree?
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FLOrenze · 29/06/2021 21:18

Robinia Fris I think

FLOrenze · 29/06/2021 21:18

Robinia Frisa i mean

Hamsterhands · 29/06/2021 22:45

Thank-you! Have googled and that's definately it!

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Imicola · 29/06/2021 23:12

I had a beautiful mature one in my previous garden but sadly it died after a few years of us living there. It's really a lovely tree!

WaltzingToWalsingham · 29/06/2021 23:18

Robinia. They are stunning, but they're being hit by some sort of die-back disease at the moment which is killing quite a few.

If you like the colour but don't want to risk the disease, you could try an Indian Bean tree (the golden variety), Catalpa bignoides Alba, which is a similar colour but with different leaves.

Wearywithteens · 29/06/2021 23:36

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Hamsterhands · 30/06/2021 13:31

Thank-you for the tip about the golden Indian bean tree! It's so sad that robinia are so vulnerable. They seem to be quite expensive to buy even a very small sapling, so it would be a bit of a gamble to get one.

Someone down my road has a tree that I think might be a bean tree, it's been pollarded and looks amazing, it's like a trunk with a big pompom of foliage

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OwlBasket · 30/06/2021 13:35

Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst' Is very very similar

OwlBasket · 30/06/2021 15:57

I see I failed to add the photo. It’s really very similar to the robins fris, I’ve got a 40 year old one in my garden and it’s doing very well indeed.

What is this beautiful tree?
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