can you name this tree?

Uthur

this yoke sprung up over my back wall over the last year. it is enormous!

can anyone tell me what kind of tree (intergalactic space weed?) this is please?

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2083/dsc00193gy.jpg

jigglywoo

It's an elder tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus

we have them in the garden, my mother used to make wine from the flowers

GLaDOS

I name it Steve

SV

looks like an ash tree minus the white bits there

brummytom

The Fairy Tree

galwayrush

Vote 2 for elder.

CreepingDeath

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I name it Steve

"Woody" would be a more appropriate name.

CreepingDeath

CreepingDeath wrote: »

"Woody" would be a more appropriate name.

Why?

galwayrush

When / if it develops black berries, you can make wine from them, elderberry wine.;)

L.Jenkins

Fúckin tree huggers!

NSFW
http://www.profilebrand.com/funny-pictures/category/people/392_treehugger.jpg

bronte

Ben. Ben the tree.

mikom

It's a shrub, not a tree.
Native Irish Elder / Elderberry... Sambucus nigra .. An Trom http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about1089.html

Uthur

jigglywoo wrote: »

It's an elder tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus

we have them in the garden, my mother used to make wine from the flowers

i dunno - it's never had any berries. the wiki article is suggesting elder species all have berries of some sort.

i know sod all about trees but i'll say some more about it...

those white flowers only appeared a few weeks ago - they'll dissappear later in the year.
all it's leaves fall off during the winter.
it grows faster than anything you ever saw in your life - is it even really a tree?

Uthur

mikom wrote: »

It's a shrub, not a tree.

it's the shrub from hell - it's about 15 feet tall at this stage!

jd007

That's not a tree this is a tree.

Uthur

jd007 wrote: »

That's not a tree this is a tree.

there is no tree...

GLaDOS

jd007 wrote: »

That's not a tree this is a tree.

That's not a tree, that's a spoon

RonMexico

Obviously Pat Kenny, trying to take over another garden.

Wade in the Sea

After Hours, the soft while underbelly of risqué Ireland reaches a new low.
:rolleyes:

Nodster

Careful folks - it could be an Ambush

bonzodog2

Deffo an elder. I used to make shedloads of elderflower wine, and non-alco elder cordial. Get picking now, the flowers don't last long. The berries are around about September. I may have made some elderberry wine.... but my dad definitely did when I were but a wee lad.

ElaElaElano

You should name it fiddy.

Tree fiddy.

thetonynator

Its elder, its very common if you've ever been outside of a city.

galwayrush

thetonynator wrote: »

Its elder, its very common if you've ever been outside of a city.

Which City>?:pac::pac::pac:

thetonynator

galwayrush wrote: »

Which City>?:pac::pac::pac:

Well theres elder in around most fields in the country, and theres no fields in cities or towns so . . .all of them???:pac:

littlefriend

Thats so weird. I just came back from the shops and noticed loads of it on one side of my garden. It looks pretty good actually, as if I had put it there on purpose

jd007

ScienceNerd wrote: »

That's not a tree, that's a spoon

I see you've played treey spoony before then.

Sonnenblumen

That's not a tree but a bush.

Here's an example of a 3

dubtom

Ahh we had them in our garden,we called them weeds.You could cut it down to a stump and it would grow back in months. The only way to get rid of it is to move.

goat2

jigglywoo wrote: »

It's an elder tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus

we have them in the garden, my mother used to make wine from the flowers

how did she make the wine, i would like to know, i have that tree also and it is full of flowers right now, would love to make the wine

peasant

goat2 wrote: »

how did she make the wine, i would like to know, i have that tree also and it is full of flowers right now, would love to make the wine

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=elderflower+wine

Uthur

Uthur wrote: »

it's the shrub from hell - it's about 15 feet tall at this stage!

When god gives you an elder shrub...Make Wine.

jigglywoo

goat2 wrote: »

how did she make the wine, i would like to know, i have that tree also and it is full of flowers right now, would love to make the wine

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/elderflowercordial.htm

I think that's a good site for a basic recipe.
My mother had all the apparatus for brewing but I'd say you can just use a regular big bottle.
I hated picking all the flowers off the stems and rubbing them to release the flavour, they were stinky and made your hands yellow. But it's not bad tasting stuff

Killer Pigeon

The Ghey Tree

Tail Wagger

Uthur wrote: »

this yoke sprung up over my back wall over the last year. it is enormous!

can anyone tell me what kind of tree (intergalactic space weed?) this is please?

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2083/dsc00193gy.jpg

Yea it's an elder I have one in my garden, I didn't even plant. I moved into a house some time ago and it just came up from the ground. It was obviously cut down when the builders were laying the garden. I bet you didn't plant yours either?

Gummy Panda

Be careful OP

minister poxbottle

jigglywoo wrote: »

It's an elder tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus

we have them in the garden, my mother used to make wine from the flowers

my granny used ta smoke dat ****, still does and she's 93 :cool: