On 25/1/07 13:32, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:


"Nick Gray" wrote in message
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snip

http://www.ukgardening.co.uk/images/...s_syriacus.jpg
(I held up a white card behind the seed head, else it wouldn't stand
out
against the browns of the beech hedge behind it).

Here's a picture of it in full flower, along with leaf detail:
http://www.ukgardening.co.uk/images/...hibiscus12.jpg


Perhaps you didn't see the link to the picture of the leaves of the plant
in
question? They're not remotely like a Hibiscus, unfortunately and seem
to
resemble a hazel more closely!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)


Oh bugger,

No I didn't see that link, the header didn't download for some reason. I
agree with you that the photo looks like a hazel leaf, but can't see a
nearby hazel in the foreground or background, but also there is no flower
buds on that photo either, so I wonder whether the OP got the photos mixed
up.

Very odd and I'm now intrigued to find out what it is.

Cheers

Nick
http://www.ukgardening.co.uk


Yes-I don't think we have yet established that those leaves belong to that
tree/shrub--or have we? :-)


Not necessarily. The OP didn't seem quite sure of what he'd taken, when.
It's confusing when you don't know much about trees and shrubs and you see
them without flowers on, so I think that he and we, will have to possess our
souls in patience!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)