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a frondy pink ...acer?
It was 3 foot high and feathery, almost skeleton like. It was pale pink. I was attending a family gathering near Tottenham court road and don't want to traipse back there to check 8 streets to see where it may have been. I loved it though. I think it may have been an acer or...Japanese Maple? Naturally I've looked online but photos can be over tinted AND not very clear with the leaf photos so I'd be pleased if anyone could source a photo of this gem. x
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There's a lesson to be learnt...always have your phone with you, if you have one that is!!
could have been Acer, check on the net, they are usually good on google images,
Yes - it's not quite second nature with me to use it , I could even have photographed the street name as we were getting slightly lost in a mini cab then asked someone who works near there to do a little recce for me! It's haunting me!! If I let it.
Or have I missed the point entirely.
Could it have been Tamerisk, although its a bit early for those and not sure if they grow in city gardens
With the pink feathery description this sounds day like a tamerisk .they are beautiful but very hard to get going from cuttings .a friend used to have one and I tried loads of times .it did not work and I've never seen one in a garden centre . Check out tamerisk
Thanks to you all.
Frannerz I want to source one like it.
Well this is quite close but this shows green and
there was none it was pure pink and just one little plant around 7 inches wide and 2 feet tall.thsi is Tamarix ramosissima ‘Pink Cascade’ If it's hard to grow that's off -putting but I'd have it in a pot. x
Well done Lyn and Granma! Was in a rush before.
A better example- if you think of a complete sapling, waaay smaller.
Lyn said in an earlier post that it is too early for Tamerisk.
We live in Norfolk and ours has been out for a few months now....in fact the 'froth' is now beginning to die off and the green come in.
Breathe...ours is planted in the ground, not in a pot....but it totally looks after itself...not much work needed except an annual prune.