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Name this tree!
peachyprice
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in Gardening
Hi there, does anyone know what this tree is?
For reference to size, the leaves you see are the size of a dinner plate. It's quite a young tree, probs 4-5 years old and this is the first year it has flowered. It's very beautiful.
Sorry it's a bit blurry but it was quite windy.
For reference to size, the leaves you see are the size of a dinner plate. It's quite a young tree, probs 4-5 years old and this is the first year it has flowered. It's very beautiful.
Sorry it's a bit blurry but it was quite windy.
Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear
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Paulownia tomentosa, or Foxglove tree, from what I can see of it.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=13880 -
Thanks, yes, it does bear similarities, although I can't find any pictures of any with this colour and it's supposed to flower in spring, this has only just flowered. And it doesn't do the whole foxglove pinnacle thing, the flowers are more clustered, although that could just be because it is it's first year of flowering. I'll have a look at other Pawlonias.
It's in a very fitting position, it has appeared at the cemetery near my Nan's grave where we interned my Aunty's ashes earlier this year.Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0 -
Not sure what it is but what a beautiful tree!0
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I've had a second thought and I came up with this, which is flowering now in my local Morrisons' car park:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=2294
This time I'm more confident!0 -
That's it! Thanks.
It really is very beautiful tortoiseshellcat.Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0 -
is flowering now in my local Morrisons' car park
There's a spaghetti tree in my Waitrose carpark.0 -
I_have_spoken wrote: »There's a spaghetti tree in my Waitrose carpark.
I think you are too young to remember the BBC spoof.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax
You must be referring to the restaurant chain.
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I can't claim to have seen the original broadcast.
Television only came to Scotland in the 1980s...0 -
I_have_spoken wrote: »
Television only came to Scotland in the 1980s...
Ah yes, that damned wall, blocking the signal.
What did the Romans ever do for you, eh?
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I_have_spoken wrote: »I can't claim to have seen the original broadcast.
Television only came to Scotland in the 1980s...
You've made Logie-Baird spin in his grave.....0
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