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Old 04-05-2009, 02:24 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Sacha writes
On 2009-05-03 22:01:29 +0100, Pam Moore said:

On Sun, 3 May 2009 21:01:58 +0100, "Pete C"
wrote:

Pam Moore wrote:
On Sun, 3 May 2009 11:10:52 +0100, Candy
wrote:

Hi all, while weeding my old garden 2 years ago I found this tiny
tree, so i potted it up, but I don't know what it is, do you?
[image:
http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/n...susH/tree.jpg]
I think it is not a tree but a climber, Virginia Creeper
(Parthenocissus quinquefolia). Is that possible? Mine has leaves like
that and took a few years to get going.
Pam in Bristol
Surely, it should be 'going' after two years?

It needs encouragement to climb. (you know, get down to its level
and
whisper "you can do it"). Mine had nothing to climb and stayed quite
happily in its small pot. Once I planted it by a fence, whoosh, it
was off!
Pam in Bristol


Could be, I suppose but the serrations on the edge of the leaf look
very pronounced, to me.


Candy has posted another two pics in a response to comments on the
'spruce-winter kill' thread (unless it's my newsreader in a tangle).
It's looking more and more like a baby climber to me, and less and less
like a tree. I could be absolutely wrong, though ;-)
--
Kay