My other thought is that your Symphoricarpos @JennyJ seems to have a different leaf formation to my mystery plant, but maybe that is due to the varieties & not a definite sign they are not the same genus? My plant only has translucent leaves - they don't thicken up over the summer.
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I had a look at all I could find in the Caprifoliaceae family, & none seem to have the translucent, featherweight qualities of my mystery plant. The nearest plant in terms of shape seemed to be Linnae amabilis, but only in those respects.
I only posted pics of Kolkwitzia amabilis syn Linnea amabilis as you mentioned it. Agree your new pics are nothing like it.
I can see from your pic just how translucent and thin textured mystery plant is....interesting.
Maybe we need to wait till leaves are fully formed./they are still very fresh and young. Please can you check.....they appear to be alternate on the branch with compound leaflets which are opposite. ( That rules out Caprifoliaceae family)
Yes, I was looking at plants in the Caprifoliaceae family after Symphoricarpos was mentioned, and I picked out Linnea amabilis as having the most similar framework. The good thing about your detailed photos, @Silver surfer was that I could finally see how different the texture and formation of leaves is to my mystery plant.
I wasn't sure if the translucency was showing on my photos well enough, so that is good to know. My plant has leaves that remind me of the consistency of maidenhair fern or a young Cotinus' leaves. I am going to check some more stems in daylight, but my plant seems to have between 6 & 8 leaves on each terminal stem. I have never seen flowers. Could it be possible it issues no flowers?!
True, the leaves issued around 15-3-23, with latest photos taken this week and today. Maybe there will be some interesting changes to the leaves that I can record in time.
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Bear in mind that mine isn't a full shrub, it's bits coming up through the privet hedge from left-behind roots that I can't get at, and they get pulled off frequently so it only ever has thin new shoots reaching for the light. Maybe I'll leave a bit and see how it develops side-shoots.
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Bear in mind that mine isn't a full shrub, it's bits coming up through the privet hedge from left-behind roots that I can't get at, and they get pulled off frequently so it only ever has thin new shoots reaching for the light. Maybe I'll leave a bit and see how it develops side-shoots.
Thought I saw privet in your 8th pic. All you early pics seem to show pots. Can you drag the pot with mystery plant away from everything else . Get it away from privet, jasmine , bulbs etc. Prune privet down to the ground if it is in the same pot. Give it masses of light.
Did you plant it or could it be a gift from the birds? How tall is it at the moment? Is it woody like a shrub /young tree sapling or soft like a perennial? Does it look as if it is twining? In a few weeks when it is stronger /more mature add further pics to this post. Maybe then it will be obvious.
The pics with pots/privet aren't mine! I picked sprigs of snowberry that were poking out of the hedge (they grow faster/earilier than the privet) and took pics of them for @clematisdorset to compare with his/her mystery plant. Will try and tease out a woody branch later to see if it looks more like or less like the mystery plant. Hopefully the mystery plant will flower at some point, then it should be easier to identify.
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The pics with pots/privet aren't mine! I picked sprigs of snowberry that were poking out of the hedge (they grow faster/earilier than the privet) and took pics of them for @clematisdorset to compare with his/her mystery plant. Will try and tease out a woody branch later to see if it looks more like or less like the mystery plant. Hopefully the mystery plant will flower at some point, then it should be easier to identify.
Omg. Stupid me! I have made this even more confusing. Sorry Jenny. I thought I was quoting from a post by clematisdorset I was actually looking at pic 8 as posted by clematisdorset My answer should have been directed to clematisdorset not to you. .............................................................................................. 2nd attempt!!!! clematisdorset Thought I saw privet in your 8th pic. All you early pics seem to show pots. Can you drag the pot with mystery plant away from everything else . Get it away from privet, jasmine , bulbs etc. Prune privet down to the ground if it is in the same pot. Give it masses of light.
Did you plant it or could it be a gift from the birds? How tall is it at the moment? Is it woody like a shrub /young tree sapling or soft like a perennial? Does it look as if it is twining? In a few weeks when it is stronger /more mature add further pics to this post. Maybe then it will be obvious.
Here's a piece of snowberry that's started to get woody, with side shoots (not many leaves on this bit because it was mostly inside the hedge).
The buds are opposite, but there are several places where it's only made a shoot on one side. I think that's maybe what's going on in @clematisdorset 's pic that has what look like opposite compound leaflets - I think the "leaflets" could be young side shoots that haven't turned woody yet. Hard to tell though.
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I wasn't sure if the translucency was showing on my photos well enough, so that is good to know. My plant has leaves that remind me of the consistency of maidenhair fern or a young Cotinus' leaves. I am going to check some more stems in daylight, but my plant seems to have between 6 & 8 leaves on each terminal stem. I have never seen flowers. Could it be possible it issues no flowers?!
True, the leaves issued around 15-3-23, with latest photos taken this week and today. Maybe there will be some interesting changes to the leaves that I can record in time.
Although there are 5 sp according to wiki.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebia
However leaves are in 5s all coming from the same place....Palmately compound.
All you early pics seem to show pots.
Can you drag the pot with mystery plant away from everything else .
Get it away from privet, jasmine , bulbs etc. Prune privet down to the ground if it is in the same pot.
Give it masses of light.
Did you plant it or could it be a gift from the birds?
How tall is it at the moment?
Is it woody like a shrub /young tree sapling or soft like a perennial?
Does it look as if it is twining?
In a few weeks when it is stronger /more mature add further pics to this post.
Maybe then it will be obvious.
I have made this even more confusing.
Sorry Jenny. I thought I was quoting from a post by clematisdorset
I was actually looking at pic 8 as posted by clematisdorset
My answer should have been directed to clematisdorset not to you.
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2nd attempt!!!!
clematisdorset
Thought I saw privet in your 8th pic.
All you early pics seem to show pots.
Can you drag the pot with mystery plant away from everything else .
Get it away from privet, jasmine , bulbs etc. Prune privet down to the ground if it is in the same pot.
Give it masses of light.
Did you plant it or could it be a gift from the birds?
How tall is it at the moment?
Is it woody like a shrub /young tree sapling or soft like a perennial?
Does it look as if it is twining?
In a few weeks when it is stronger /more mature add further pics to this post.
Maybe then it will be obvious.