By Seaburngirl
East Yorkshire,
United Kingdom 
ID for this 'twig' found growing in the back garden.
I found this orange barked 'twig' growing but it isnot something I planted. At the moment it is about 6" tall.So any ideas?
18 Apr, 2020
Answers
It would be nice if it was Pennyfarthing. I like the orange colour of the stem. I have a good red variegated form in the front garden.
18 Apr, 2020
One of the cotoneasters, a tree form?
19 Apr, 2020
The colour of the stem would suggest dogwood but I'm not so sure about the leaves. My dogwood leaves look a bit different.
19 Apr, 2020
Dogwoods have leaves in pairs, so probably not that. It looks to me like a willow of some kind.
19 Apr, 2020
I was hoping not a willow but the dogwood leaf on my mid winter-fire doesn't look like this. again the leaf doesn't look quite right for any of the cotoneasters that I have.
time will tell. I wont plant it in the garden just in case it is willow.
19 Apr, 2020
Could it be a dogwood? it looks like the plant that grows behind my shed which a friend said was dogwood.
18 Apr, 2020