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Please ID this Tree/Shrub

robin 435robin 435 Posts: 54
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Hello
I found this attractive shrub with reddish leaves growing on an embankment near my home and have taken a cutting, which after many weeks has now taken root. So I though it might a good time to identify the plant, please could someone help...



Thanks for looking :-)
Robin

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That looks like a Cotinus 🙂

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • robin 435robin 435 Posts: 54
    Indeed it does, many thanks for your feedback  :)
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I might go further and suggest C. Royal Purple.
    Devon.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Congratulations, that has a reputation for being difficult to root from cuttings


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • robin 435robin 435 Posts: 54
    Thank you, I guessed it might be a difficult one to root!

    I took 4 cuttings last year and none survived, so not to be discouraged I took another 4 this year and after many weeks one of them now has a green shoot  :)
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Oh, that’s give me a push to take cuttings from mine, thanks
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    robin 435 said:
    Thank you, I guessed it might be a difficult one to root!

    I took 4 cuttings last year and none survived, so not to be discouraged I took another 4 this year and after many weeks one of them now has a green shoot  :)
    Don't be in too much of a hurry to pot it on ... wait until you see roots at the bottom of the pot  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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