Can anyone identify these plants please?

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Posted by sharone on August 29, 2011, 1:55 pm
 
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Hi, trying to idenetify the attached, the tree was growing in the garden
when we moved in , the other was a present & the name & details have
long gone as it's been re potted & moved. Would really appreciaite any
comments

Thanks

Sharon


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sharone



Posted by Boron Elgar on August 29, 2011, 6:41 pm
 On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:55:47 +0000, sharone


This is a chenille plant, similar and related to this one to this:

http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q 1024-9898&o=plants





Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley on August 30, 2011, 5:46 am
 
I think otherwise. It looks like Leycesteria formosa (pheasantberry) to
me. (To the best of my knowledge Acalypha isn't hardy in Britain. It's
not a tree either - admittedly it's stretching it to call Leycesteria a
tree rather than a shrub.)
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

Posted by Boron Elgar on August 30, 2011, 9:52 am
 On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:46:41 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley


Indeed. So sorry. I had not realized the source.

Boron

Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley on August 30, 2011, 11:47 am
 
The source wasn't specified (posting from gardenbanter.co.uk is
suggestive, but isn't definitive); however the description as a tree I
think does eliminate Acalypha.

Stewart Robert Hinsley