Any Idea what this is?? Thank you :)

I've dug it up and put it in a pot until I know what it is and then maybe I can decide where it's new home should be.

Thank you for any help

 

Possibly Eriobotrya japonica...common name Loquat.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=&...KnJAhVMOxoKHeWlCiUQ_AUIBygB&biw=1536&bih=728#

 

@Silver surfer it looks like it's going to be a big tree!!

Thank you for the ID digging in the garden at the mo so will have a good read up late

 

I would agree with Loquat. There are two on the lane next to my house ... and yes they are huge. I dislike the fruit and it is not sold in the shops here as it rots very quickly. An attractive tree though that perhaps you could contain.

 

Could it be some sort of Prunus, perhaps a Cherry from a stone ?

 

There are a few growing around here that I know of.
They appear to be mostly quite slow growing in the UK.

Nice looking tree though.

 

I don't believe there is any chance of it being Prunus sp.
It is late autumn ....that tree is evergreen.(note the bare tree in the background.)
The leaves look huge with very prominent veins.
Easy way to confirm that it is Loquat is measure a leaf. Prunus leaves are small in comparison.
and look at the back for the hairs.

Quote wiki... "The leaves are alternate, simple, 10–25 centimetres (4–10 in) long, dark green, tough and leathery in texture, with a serrated margin, and densely velvety-hairy below with thick yellow-brown pubescence; the young leaves are also densely pubescent above, but this soon rubs off"

 

Yeah, looks like loquat to me. Keep it somewhere nice and sheltered and sunny. I personally like the fruit and it forms a handsome tree.