What type of tree is this?

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This was growing out of one of my flowers pots... I don't know what type of tree this is....It may have found it's way there via some bird seed that I had on my balcony from my bird feeder...  If it's no good ( like, maybe it's a weed ) I'd like to toss it!!  For now I'm hanging on to it until I find out what it is...
 Thanks for your help... P.S.. Could this possibly be a Cardinal flower??

Update:    My Hometalk Friends I'm going to go with the idea that this could be a Willow tree.    I took the entire plant in it's pot to a local horticulturist and he said that it  was a  Willow.  I will update and keep you all posted.

Thank you all so much for your helpful input... :)

Grace · Answer

Looks like am bamboo

Bennie · Answer

Bamboo it is , be sure you wnt it, will spread like wildfire,,,,

Janet Pizaro · Answer

Agree it is bamboo. which is beautiful but keep in the pot as it spreads everywhere.I have it and totally regret planting it.

Antje · Answer

I'm pretty sure it's not bamboo. Bamboo is a grass and you would see the shafts of each leaf running along down the grass stalk. The leaves of this plant seem to come directly from the branches without a 'shaft'. Another way to check is if you cut a branch or stem once the plant is a bit older. If it was bamboo it should be hollow (the young shoots probably aren't yet, or it's difficult to see).

Initially I thought it might be a species of willow, but I'm not so sure after seeing in the close-up photo that they are ever so slightly serrated. There are hundreds of different willow species (as far as I'm aware), so could still be one, though. Does it grow really fast?

Wait and see if it produces flowers, then it will be easier to tell. Hope this helps.

Janet Pizaro · Answer

From the photo it looks like bamboo and willow,Hmm so hard to tell. However even ifs it is a willow again I caution you. Made that mistake to.

MN Mom · Answer

I say if you like it and it's growing well, keep it! If it blooms...even better!

Wendy · Answer

Butterfly Bush?

Vetsy · Answer

Could this possibly be Cardinal flower? I had a few in a pot on my Balcony last year but thought that they all died... I'm not at all familiar with the habits of the Cardinal Flower......If it's a Cardinal Flower it certainly is tall...

The search continues..

Antje · Answer

Yes, keep us posted, Vesty. You could also look around in your own or neighbours gardens or surrounding countryside if they have a plant with similar characteristics (bearing in mind that if it is a willow it might be a tall tree...).

Allen Kang · Answer

It's Look like Butterfly Bush in Cardinal flower.

Deezie · Answer

Hi there, I have willow trees,not weeping willow but tall beautiful willow and this looks like it. But it also looks like bamboo, we have bamboo also but ours doesn't spread, just stays in the same spot for years. Good luck, it looks pretty so far

Lil6202859 · Answer

Its a little willow tree, I know because I have three of them in my own garden

Nancy Stewart Hadley · Answer

It's bamboo I believe

Rab663545 · Answer

Weed

Deanna.Turetski · Answer

I would say bamboo.

Leslie Conterman Lanning · Answer

Well I would clip a branch and take to the local garden center that specializes in landscaping and ask them. Forget going to Home Depot or Lowes type of places.

DORLIS · Answer

You are starting out right, saving it just to be sure. I agree with going to a nursey with a clipping

Karen · Answer

Bamboo

Mary Beth Ogle · Answer

It looks like Cardinal Flower

Tammy Sea · Answer

I concur with taking it to a garden center for identification.   I used Google Images and came up with nothing.   Honestly, it looks like a tall weed to me.   LOL

Carol · Answer

I believe that to be a bamboo shoot. They are so prolific..

Ranger · Answer

It is bamboo - do not put in your garden, you will never get rid of it and it will not take too long to have a forest of it that you can do nothing with.

Dawn B · Answer

I was just going to say it was a willow, then saw what you posted above.

1240839 · Answer

It looks like willow, due to leaf texture.

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