Can anyone identify this tree/shrub please?

magpie

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Hi, I bought this tree/shrub for a couple of quid at the end of last year. I recognise the leaf but cannot name it. any help please?

fwor

Looks to me like an Acer - a Japanese maple (with not-very-deeply-cut leaves).

But I confess I don't have a very good record at identifying plants!

grannybroon

Looks a bit like Fatsia Japonica.

valentina

Is it a Fatshedera?

magpie

Thank you for the replies. I think it is an Acer as there are only 5 lobes on the leaves and the leaves are more delicate than Fatsia Japonica. Not bad for a couple of quid punt.:j

paddy's_mum

Sorry but it looks to me too heavy and glaucous a leaf to be an acer whose main characteristic is the daintiness of its leaves.

I'm with valentina that it's fatshedera.

Does it lose it's leaves in the winter?

magpie

When I bought it, the shrub did not have any leaves at all. it is not Fatshedera or Fatsia Japonica as I have these in my garden.

Mojisola

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Sorry but it looks to me too heavy and glaucous a leaf to be an acer whose main characteristic is the daintiness of its leaves.

This is my thought, too. Acer leaves are quite thin and delicate.

corrag

Looks a bit like a Castor Oil Plant.

MoaningMyrtle

I think it looks like a castor oil plant too.

Aries

Im with Caster oil plant too.