Plant ID

Linka

Hello all. I was hoping maybe somebody could help me to ID a plant my Mother has in her garden. She bought it from a garden centre at a reduced price last year and it was unlabeled. She is curious to know what it is if you can help out.


Here are two pictures of it:

tinypic.com/r/1zoj7sz/8


tinypic.com/r/2n198p3/8


Thanks in advance


EDA: Apparently I'm too new to post up pictures

If you add the W's before the links above hopefully you'll be able to see them

looksee

It looks as though it could be a photinia Red Robin, but it is not very coloured, the new growth should be really red.

Linka

Thanks for replying Looksee I'm familiar with the red robin, and it's definitely not it. I can see where you're coming from with the colouring, but the leaf is very different. Red robin has a thicker, waxier look to it. The leaves on this tree are light and delicate.

It has us baffled!

looksee

It has me annoyed now, it is familiar to me now you mention the delicate leaves, but I can't think what it is, it might come to me if I leave it for a bit!

Linka

looksee wrote: »

It has me annoyed now, it is familiar to me now you mention the delicate leaves, but I can't think what it is, it might come to me if I leave it for a bit!

I know the feeling

Is there a chance you might be able to post the pictures in the thread for me? It might occur to somebody what it could be, without the copy and paste hassle. If I find out offline what it is, I'll be sure to post it up

looksee

evolving_doors

Linka wrote: »

I know the feeling

Is there a chance you might be able to post the pictures in the thread for me? It might occur to somebody what it could be, without the copy and paste hassle. If I find out offline what it is, I'll be sure to post it up

you need only seven more posts then you should be good to go.. Go on to Politics or After hours forum and have a long rant :pac::pac:

Fries-With-That

This looks like a wild or native tree/shrub that grows all over Ireland, on marginal uncultivated land and around bogs. I can't think of the name of it.

looksee

Fries-With-That wrote: »

This looks like a wild or native tree/shrub that grows all over Ireland, on marginal uncultivated land and around bogs. I can't think of the name of it.

I tend to agree with that, I am sure its a pretty common plant

strandroad

Could it be this one? Dunno what it is, saw it today in a nursery and liked it! It's definitely more delicate than photinia and its leaves are not glossy.

looksee

I think it might be a dogwood

looksee

Got it! I thought it looked familiar - I have one in my garden :-) I am pretty sure its an amelanchier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier

Fries-With-That

I don't like to disagree with people but I think it is more like a Wild Cherry or a Bird Cherry.

http://www.nativewoodlandtrust.ie/en/learn/irish-trees

The reason I think it may not have been labelled in the garden centre is that it was self seeded.

looksee

Sorry! pretty sure its this


http://www.jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/amelanchier-lamarckii-shrub.html

Fries-With-That

looksee wrote: »

Sorry! pretty sure its this


http://www.jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/amelanchier-lamarckii-shrub.html

On that picture it gets my vote too.