Corkscrew Willow advice please

Thanks for the update

I still think it’s a weeping ash , time will tell.

 

Many thanks @shiney, I will upload more pictures as it hopefully gets new growth. For now, here's a pic that shows how the branches hang.
Maybe it's a willow, not a corkscrew willow?

 

I think that the first picture is promising. Even before seeing it, I was going to suggest giving it more time. Some plants are a bit slower. For instance, while most of my deciduous trees are in the process of growing leaves, my hazel is still snoozing - and I know that this is normal. The signs of life are very small, but they're there.

 

Thank you @Spruce - I've just looked up Weeping Ash and it does look very similar!

 

I uploaded the photos to Gemini (Google's AI engine) and it suggested that it is a weeping ash tree, it just wasn't completely sure about the variant from the photos. Of course AI isn't always right, but it's another nudge in that direction.

 

I would not be suprised if gemini found this thread, read the comments, then told you that it was a weeping ash as per a members suggestion...
I have seen it do this with reddit threads before!

 

I think it's never a good idea to take what they say as definitely correct.. They are often a useful starting point, but then you need to confirm the information because their sources might be unreliable, as you have pointed out! On this occasion, there was a detailed explanation around the growth habit and foliage.

(Having said that, I have found Gemini to be far more reliable than ChatGPT. I consider the latter to be a waste of time, not even worth using as a starting point.)

 

Indeed, AI just reads text world-wide entered quicker than we do and puts the pieces together. If 10 people are wrong,AI claims the wrong is right.
I would give it more time. Most of the trees around me are not ready. My crap apple and lilac tree have leaves, but they are the only ones.

 

The grey stems and black buds, together with the new leaves looking dissected suggest ash to me.

 

From the new picture I agree that the stems and bud do look like an ash. Looking at the old picture again where I thought it had lobed leaves, I believe that might be your neighbours tree. I took the green to be one tree and not two and I could only see leaf detail on one half.