In message , Sacha
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On 7/2/08 22:25, in article lid, "Stewart Robert
Hinsley" wrote:

In message , Russel Sprout
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 7/2/08 20:23, in article , "Stewart
Robert
Hinsley" wrote:

http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Images/Dicot19.jpg
http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Images/Dicot20.jpg

A Stachyurus?


Not so sure about that - I think they flower whist not in leaf.


The commonly grown ones do, but the rarer (and fide Hillier not hardy)
species include some which are evergreen, and which flower later in the
spring.

Nick's right about the leaves, obviously. I was thinking more of the
flowers, I must admit. Where is it growing - does that give any clue?

In a National Trust garden. It's a Chinese-themed area, but I'm not
confident that that means that all the plants are Chinese - I'm pretty
sure that Larix decidua 'Pendula' isn't.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley