Does Anyone know what this plant/tree is?

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• Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

  July 2018 edited July 2018

  It resembles Hibiscus syriacus , although they normally flower in late Summer .
  

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  July 2018

  smokinsnail, please can you tell us where this pic was taken.
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• smokinsnail Posts: 4

  July 2018

  Thank you Paul, I’ve had a look at few photos of hibiscus syriacus online as you suggested and I don’t think it’s the one, the flowers on my plant are all one shade and don’t have any darker areas centrally. Thank you for your help though  
  
  Silver Surfer the photo was taken in Cornwall, England in May. 

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• smokinsnail Posts: 4

  July 2018

  I think it might be a abutilon x suntense having done some more googling

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  July 2018 edited July 2018

  Thank you.
  Abutilon  vitifolium was an idea but last time I saw one in flower it was in mid June...with masses of leaves on the shrub.
  https://www.google.com/search?q=abutilon+vitifolium&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWwuf8kY_cAhVKJVAKHZYLDfsQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=943
  
  Weird to see it almost leafless and flowering in spring.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

  July 2018

  Sometimes, a dying plant will blossom in a last-gasp attempt to reproduce and this may be what has happened here.  Has it fully leafed up since?  I had it happen to a wisteria which flowered early then died.  It was Honey fungus in my case.

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• smokinsnail Posts: 4

  July 2018

  Hi Bob,
  
  That might be it, it hasn’t leafed up it’s just got one tiny green leaf left. I’ll give it a hard prune and see what happens next year... 

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