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ID challenge.

PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
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If I can do the pictures....This deciduous shrub is10 - 15 years old and about 8ft high. It leafs up late and flowers in mid- August through September. 

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    It looks like Vitex agnus-castus - there's a white one called 'Silver Spires'.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    So it does! Well done. No one has been able to identify in all those years. Many thanks.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    You're welcome!  Late-flowering shrubs are useful, and Vitex has lovely leaves too.  I must see if I have room for one...   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    They're lovely.  I have 2 grown from seed from the RHS seed share scheme and now planted in beds plus another still in a pot waiting for a new bed this autumn - if we get any rain.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Yes, I love it. Can't remember where it came from. It's sweetly scented and trouble-free  too.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I had a blue one at my old house. I must find a new one for my new house and find a place for it. I used to prune it quite hard and it grew back well.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    Well done @Liriodendron good spot.

    @Posy I don't know if you have a smart phone but there is an app called Plantnet (Android)  Plantnet ( Iphone/ipad) I use it as I haven't a clue what all these plant names are. Its quite accurate.

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Thank you @Kili. No, I haven't tried that ap. Mind you, it couldn't have been faster than @Liriodendron!
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I just thought "That's a pretty shrub!  I ought to recognise it but I don't..." and googled images of "late-flowering shrub with palmate leaves".  And there it was.  I just enjoy a challenge...   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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