What kind of tree is this?
This tree was already well established in my garden when I moved in (Scotland). It grows long thin branches which need cut back every year so I have been taking more and more off it each year to try and reduce my workload.
The branches tend to bend down and curve back up.
Is anyone able to identify it? It’s clay soil and the rest of the garden gets water logged in heavy rain so I’m thinking the tree was planted to soak this up.
The neighbour believes that its roots are growing beneath his shed and causing his shed to buckle. Is this likely? If there’s plenty moisture elsewhere will the roots head in that direction or will they still be just as strong under a shed where there is less water from direct rain?
u/whatwouldgrohldo — 5 days ago