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RosinaBloom
Waihi
New Zealand
December 2, 2012 11:28 AM Post #9347738
| Tree ID, please 
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growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
 December 2, 2012 1:55 PM Post #9347888
| A very old specimen of Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elegans' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55978/ |
Vestia
San Francisco, CA
December 2, 2012 2:02 PM Post #9347894
| I don't think that's it: I'm seeing opposite leaf arrangement. Leaves do not seem to have lobes. Something is saying hibiscus to me.
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom (Zone 9a)
December 2, 2012 2:58 PM Post #9347940
| A variegated cultivar of one of the snakebark maples. Check out e.g. Acer rufinerve 'Albolimbatum'.
Resin
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singhg45
Delhi
India
December 2, 2012 3:09 PM Post #9347951
| I think Resin is right
Opposite leaves with long reddish petioles, angular leaves
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/97251/
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RosinaBloom
Waihi
New Zealand
December 2, 2012 7:54 PM Post #9348276
| growin,
Thank you for ID of my Ampelopsis brevipendunculata
Variant: 'Elegans' has leaves blotched with white and pink and is less vigorous.
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RosinaBloom
Waihi
New Zealand
December 2, 2012 7:56 PM Post #9348278
| Vestia, Resin, singhg45,
Thank you for your help.
Cheers. |
ViburnumValley
Scott County, KY (Zone 5b)
December 3, 2012 4:32 AM Post #9348414
| Rosinabloom:
To be clear, your plant cannot be Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elegans' - because in your images it appears to clearly have oppositely arranged leaves/buds, while Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elegans' is alternate in leaf/bud arrangement (which the PlantFiles link illustrates). growin may want to weigh in, in case this ID contribution has been altered.
I would like to see more images of this plant (trunk, bark, stems, buds), especially of what is going on under that umbrella of foliage. By the size of the trunk, this appears to be a plant that has been cut back (pollarded) many times, and then producing flushes of very vigorous new growth. All these pictures would make excellent additions to the PlantFiles for the proper species.
The trunk in the initial image appears to have the "striped" character of the snakebark or striped bark members of the Maple (Acer) genus.
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singhg45
Delhi
India
December 3, 2012 8:33 AM Post #9348665
| I fully agree with Viburnumvalley
There are always look alikes, but after seeing plants for now more than 40 years, I know certain things can't be ignored. Some cultivars of Ampelopsis brevipedunculata may look similar but they always have alternate leaves.
Plus note absence of tendrils, a more tree like habit, absence of 3-lobed leaves, that make it so different from Ampelopsis brepedunculata.
Again it is Acer rufinerve 'Albolimbatum'.
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growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
December 3, 2012 8:38 AM Post #9348673
| I agree. Taking several more looks at the leaf shape, size of leaves, trunk, etc. it doesn't seem to be Ampelopsis. Not sure what it is. |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
December 3, 2012 10:43 AM Post #9348755
| How about Acer x conspicuum 'Silver Cardinal' |
bootandall
Blenheim
New Zealand
December 3, 2012 11:35 AM Post #9348795
| and try also Acer esk Flamingo |
singhg45
Delhi
India
December 5, 2012 9:47 PM Post #9351029
| Perhaps this may help us in reaching somewhere:
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links...
It seems the characteristics of young bark may lead us some where. The young bark in A. rufinerve is green with white lines, so it is out of question. Yes young bark is reddish, characteristic of A. conspicuum. As far as cultivar is concerned in preference I would suggest (most to least likely) 'Red Flemingo', 'Esk Flemingo' or 'Silver Cardinal' |
