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au Offline ReamerPunch

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Please identify this tree
on: November 28, 2018, 06:09:46 PM
Does anyone recognize this little guy? Thanks!





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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #1 on: November 28, 2018, 07:10:04 PM
I may be wrong but it almost looks like a Pear tree :think: perhaps a wild pear :cheers: Have you thrown any fruit out in that area this year :think:


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #2 on: November 28, 2018, 07:42:41 PM
Try the plantsnap app for Android and IOS, and follow the instrucrions closely.

I was able to identify a small tree in my garden with it :tu:


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #3 on: November 28, 2018, 08:27:17 PM
It resembles my fire bush in my side landscaping, of course mine is much taller and requires trimming a few times each summer.  It has small red berries when it matures, birds eat, and drop the seeds where ever they wish :oops:  and those seeds do not take much care to sprout.

The foilage will turn a bright red in the fall, my named the fire bush.  Presently mine is now bear :facepalm:
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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #4 on: November 28, 2018, 10:44:32 PM
Is there more of it on the other side of the fence?


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #5 on: November 29, 2018, 02:19:48 AM
I don't know it's name, but I think it cut me off in traffic once.
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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #6 on: November 29, 2018, 04:38:39 AM
It resembles my fire bush in my side landscaping, of course mine is much taller and requires trimming a few times each summer.  It has small red berries when it matures, birds eat, and drop the seeds where ever they wish :oops:  and those seeds do not take much care to sprout.

The foilage will turn a bright red in the fall, my named the fire bush.  Presently mine is now bear :facepalm:

That's probably dogwood, and that little guy is probably dogwood too. The branches match, and the characteristic wavy sides of the leaves.
Cornus sericea - Red-Osier Dogwood


That's a N.American native species though. Maybe it's that, or another similar looking one. :cheers:


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #7 on: November 29, 2018, 04:43:12 AM
They look different to me.
Leaves alternately opposed Vs opposite
Shiny leaves Vs dull.


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #8 on: November 29, 2018, 04:49:08 AM
Ficus Benjamina?


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #9 on: November 29, 2018, 09:39:54 AM
From the new growth my guess is:

Cinnamomum camphora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamomum_camphora

If it is, you should be able to identify it by crushing a leaf and smelling.....



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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #10 on: November 29, 2018, 09:48:16 AM
There's a lane of these trees at the one entrance of the Kirstenbosch gardens, giants, and they amaze me.....

I tried my heart out to bonsai a specimen, possible but not a great candidate.


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #11 on: November 29, 2018, 10:09:06 AM
  :think: :poh:
I think red osier dogwood comes closest:


I'll go again tomorrow and take closer pictures, maybe even from the inside of the fence, but I hope nobody calls the cops on me (it's not in my garden).
I'll also crush a leaf and smell it, maybe that holds the secret.


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Reply #12 on: November 29, 2018, 10:32:24 AM
If there is someone to call the cops on you couldn't you just ask them what this thing is? In my experience gardeners are hard to shut up once you get them started on anything garden related.  :D

Ps: If it is a ficus as someone suggested I thing it should have white gummy sap. Although I thing the leaves of those don't have vascular leaves but smooth ones. But don't trust me on plant related matters.  :whistle:
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Reply #13 on: November 29, 2018, 11:07:39 AM
  :think: :poh:
I think red osier dogwood comes closest:
(Image removed from quote.)

I'll go again tomorrow and take closer pictures, maybe even from the inside of the fence, but I hope nobody calls the cops on me (it's not in my garden).
I'll also crush a leaf and smell it, maybe that holds the secret.

Take a close look at your first and last photos posted, mystery plant's new growth is reddish but goes green later, while the Dogwood is more red.  Also, mystery plant has smooth leaves while in the last photo the leaves appear more textured.
 :cheers:
Look forward to hearing the results!

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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #14 on: November 29, 2018, 11:22:37 AM
Bay laurel ?
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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #15 on: November 29, 2018, 01:56:12 PM
It resembles my fire bush in my side landscaping, of course mine is much taller and requires trimming a few times each summer.  It has small red berries when it matures, birds eat, and drop the seeds where ever they wish :oops:  and those seeds do not take much care to sprout.

The foilage will turn a bright red in the fall, my named the fire bush.  Presently mine is now bear :facepalm:

That's probably dogwood, and that little guy is probably dogwood too. The branches match, and the characteristic wavy sides of the leaves.
Cornus sericea - Red-Osier Dogwood
(Image removed from quote.)

That's a N.American native species though. Maybe it's that, or another similar looking one. :cheers:

Definitely not Dogwood.  :(
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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #16 on: November 29, 2018, 01:56:57 PM
Try red tip Photinia.  It is a common landscape plant in the U.S.

https://www.thespruce.com/red-tip-photinia-growing-profile-3269221

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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #18 on: November 29, 2018, 02:45:59 PM
I first Id'd my bush as a fire bush, when in fact it is a burning bush.

Here is a link to more details of the variety, https://hvp.osu.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/eu_latus.html

It is native of Asia and used for landscaping here in the states and even possible in the land of Oz.
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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #19 on: November 29, 2018, 03:59:00 PM
There's an easier way to find out. Just eat a couple of the leaves.

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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #20 on: December 01, 2018, 02:13:40 PM
In my experience gardeners are hard to shut up once you get them started on anything garden related.  :D


I´ll keep it short then. Pretty sure the OP is not a dogwood variety.


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #21 on: December 02, 2018, 10:54:13 AM
No idea what it is but I have a 6 foot one out the front of my house :think:



And edit, I think this is it
https://www.australianplantsonline.com.au/photinia-red-robin.html

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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #22 on: December 02, 2018, 11:49:32 AM
From the new growth my guess is:

Cinnamomum camphora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamomum_camphora

If it is, you should be able to identify it by crushing a leaf and smelling.....

The smell matches... :think:
Maybe that's it?
Bad news if it is. I doubt they'll let that little guy grow any further.
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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #23 on: December 02, 2018, 11:54:28 AM
Some new close-ups, just in case.
In the second pic, you can see the branch: half red, half green.  :think:



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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #25 on: December 03, 2018, 07:21:05 AM
 :tu:

From the new growth my guess is:

Cinnamomum camphora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamomum_camphora

If it is, you should be able to identify it by crushing a leaf and smelling.....

The smell matches... :think:
Maybe that's it?
Bad news if it is. I doubt they'll let that little guy grow any further.

I was pretty sure since I'd grown one.  The Google search surprised me, over here they're not a problem.

The examples in Kirstenbosh are truly stunning....tree giants.


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #26 on: December 07, 2018, 12:19:13 PM
 :-[
I was afraid this would happen. Rest in peace little guy. You were more inconvenient than cute for this world.


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #27 on: December 07, 2018, 04:07:19 PM
:-[
I was afraid this would happen. Rest in peace little guy. You were more inconvenient than cute for this world.
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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #28 on: March 01, 2019, 12:17:45 PM
 :)
The little guy was growing all along, on the other side of the fence. Nice to see you, buddy! :cheers:


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Re: Please identify this tree
Reply #29 on: March 05, 2019, 08:48:36 AM
I always root for the trees....but just maybe that's why they consider it invasive.


 

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