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what is my plant

carol_feltoncarol_felton Posts: 4
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Hi can anyone identify my plant please it has yellow,red and orange flowers which turn into seed pods. it was in my inlaws garden but they can't remember my husbands uncle called it a grow your own bush please help and identify it for use please

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Hello Carol :)
    This is a really, really long shot as it's not the greatest photo, but l'm wondering if it's something called "Kidney Vetch" ?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    How big is it?  Can’t see very well, could it be a Campsis? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think that might be it @Lyn. I couldn't think of the name of that earlier, but it looked familiar. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited August 2021
    Colutea  arborescens...common name bladder senna.


    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • carol_feltoncarol_felton Posts: 4
    thanks for your help it's not exactly same because our flower are red, yellow and orange not completely yellow. but the leaves and the pods are the same.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    carol_felton said:
    thanks for your help it's not exactly same because our flower are red, yellow and orange not completely yellow. but the leaves and the pods are the same.
    Like this?


  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Colutea arborescens Sunset.

    https://www.bluebellnursery.com/Trees/1294158-colutea-arborescens-sunset.html
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • carol_feltoncarol_felton Posts: 4
    thats it exact colours thank you. now how do i prune it?!
    thanks so much
  • carol_feltoncarol_felton Posts: 4
    thats it! thank you 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The RHS says it's best not pruned very much but if you must, late winter/early spring and not hard.   Depending on where you are it may suffer damage from late frosts and you'd need to prune that out too, taking back the affected stems to just above a healthy leaf or bud.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/30571/Colutea-arborescens/Details 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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