Help Identifying Shrub Please

 
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Sorry it's a bit big (I struggle with pictures!).  And I hope this post
is in the right place.

Can anybody tell me what this is please?  The information I have is that
it grows rapidly in both height and spread; has pink flowers and the
leaves take on a reddish tinge in the winter.

The leaves are small, dull and soft, a light green and very slightly
serrated, and not in pairs.  The leaf stems are reddish.  

This plant was a cutting and it's in it's first year.

The lady I got it from called it 'Rampant Rain'.

I'd like to know a bit more about it before I plant it in the garden.

Thank you - hope you can help.




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Sadge

 
In terms of pixels, it's a bit small.

Judging by the scale implied by the car, the leaves aren't all that
small (2-3 inches long?)

 From the picture I would tentatively suggest a willow (in which case
keep it away from your garden), but willows are deciduous and don't have
pink flowers.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley

 
No, it's not a tree - it's a shrub, and as you say Willows don't have
flowers and are deciduous, so I know it's not a willow.  The leaves are
perhaps a shade over 1" (it's a small car!):)




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Sadge

 
Sadge;926086 Wrote:

Hi Sadge, From the picture, which is a bit vague on my screen, I'd opt
for maybe Hoheria but it doesnt have pink flowers as far as I'm aware ?
You say that it doesnt grow into a tree but if thats its first year then
it looks to me as if its going to grow very big indeed ??

Lannerman.




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lannerman

 
lannerman;926198 Wrote:

I was told that it spreads and spreads and this is a cutting so I would
describe it as a shrub?  I told the person I wanted to cover a high,
long garden fence and she said it would do that.  Had a look at Hoheria
and it's nothing like it.  I think I'll have to take a cutting to the
local nursery to see if I can find it.




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Sadge