Tamarix

Not me, but this looks beautiful.

Yes Julia, a Tamarix tree was already in the garden when we came here. Over the years it grew very large and I had it pruned about 3 years ago. It's about 6ft tall now and just about finished flowering.

I had one in a previous garden, nice leaves as well as the flowers

You have to check with the variety, they can spread via underground suckers and pop up anywhere

Just a word of caution really, don't let it stop you, just be aware if you are thinking of maybe having it near a bowling green type lawn for instance

Beautiful photo. They are lovely shrubs but I haven’t room for one.

Had one for about 15 yrs but those 2 harsh winters 2010-2012 did for it. I would consider growing it again actually.

Thank you everyone for the feedback.that has helped.Grandad I'm a little concerned about the 'popping up anywhere' I will have to find out which variety does this...ours isn't a billiard table lawn but I wouldn't want anymore!!